The Hunt for 1875: Plate #26

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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Plate #26:

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Remaining buildings from Plate #21:

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The Hunt for 1875: Plate #25

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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Plate #25:

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Remaining buildings from Plate #23:

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The Hunt for 1875: Plate #24

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 #24:
• None

Plate #24:

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The church at lower left, St. Bonaventure, was demolished in the 1960s for Busch Stadium, and its location is roughly center field for the current stadium. Click here for more information.

The Hunt for 1875: Plate #23

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 #23:
• 800 S. 7th St. (commercial; not sure current building is same structure depicted in Plate #23)

Plate #23:

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Remaining buildings from Plate #23:

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The Hunt for 1875: Plate #22

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 #22:
• 727 N. 1st St. (commercial)
• 616-616 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 720 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 721-723 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 212 Morgan St. (commercial)
• 801-805 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 807-809 N. 2nd St. (commercial)
• 813 N. 2nd St. (commercial)

Plate #22:

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Remaining buildings from Plate #22:

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The Hunt for 1875: Plate #21

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 #21:
• 923 Locust St. (commercial)
• 815 Olive St. (Old Post Office)
• 11 N. 4th St. (Old St. Louis County Courthouse)
• 555 Washington Ave. (May Co. Building)

Plate #21:

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Remaining buildings from Plate #21:

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For more information on 923 Locust St., see:
http://nextstl.com/preservation/when-the-art-world-came-to-st-louis-the-noonan-kocian-art-company-at-tenth-locust

Barnes Hospital, 1940

From a Paul Monroe Co. postcard is this view of Barnes Hospital at Euclid Avenue and (what I presume was) Clayton Road (now Barnes Hospital Plaza). The two buildings on the right remain, but the buildings to the left were demolished for Queeny Tower and the hospital expansions in the 1960s.

For a similar view but with Queeny Tower already in place, click for a photograph.