The Hunt for 1875: Plate #9

I have seen the Compton and Dry pictorial St. Louis used for a variety of historical purposes, but I have yet to see a full comparison of the pictorial St. Louis in 1875 with what remains today. Each day a new plate will appear in the order of their appearance in the Compton and Dry map, followed by an edited version in which the remaining buildings (as far as I can tell) are highlighted in blue. All images are from the Library of Congress downloadable map.

Plate index:
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Surviving buildings from Plate #9:
• 3305-3309 DeMenil (residential)
• 3325 DeMenil (residential; Lemp Mansion)
• 3333 DeMenil (residential)
• 3352 DeMenil (residential; Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion)
• 3400 DeMenil (industrial; part of the Lemp Brewery complex)

Plate #9:
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Remaining buildings from Plate #9:
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