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Honoring the foresight of a great hospital's founder

Admin wrote 1 day ago: Did Robert Barnes know what he was starting when he left a bequest in his 1882 Barnes-Jewish hospita … more →

Tags: Articles, News, Foundation giving, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Richard Leikweg, St. Louis, barnes hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital history, Patrick Stokes

Campbell Contemporaries » 4.5.12

campbellhousemuseum wrote 1 month ago: One of the wascally wabbits at Citygarden. Alas, he does not have a supply of chocolate, cream-fille … more →

Tags: Campbell Contemporaries, St. Louis, Magical Spring Thing, Urban Museum Collaborative, citygarden, St. Louis Blues, scottrade, Explore St. Louis, white wabbits

Luyties Monument, Bellefonatine Cemetery3 comments

cnaffziger wrote 4 months ago: This is most likely the grave of Dr. Herman Luyties, the pioneer of homeopathic treatments for aches … more →

Tags: North St. Louis, Historic Cemeteries

Krater, Bellefontaine Cemetery1 comment

cnaffziger wrote 4 months ago: I had never noticed this huge granite krater-style tombstone before last week. … more →

Tags: North St. Louis, Historic Cemeteries

Louis Sullivan Mausolea in St. Louis and Chicago

cnaffziger wrote 4 months ago: I’ve looked at Louis Sullivan’s masterpiece, the Wainwright Tomb in Bellefontaine Cemete … more →

Tags: North St. Louis, Chicago, Further afield, Historic Cemeteries, Egyptian Revival

Busch Mausoleum, Revisited

cnaffziger wrote 4 months ago: … more →

Tags: Busch, North St. Louis, Gothic revival, Historic Cemeteries

Adventuring Stateside: Bellefontaine Cemetery in Saint Louis

marlanav wrote 7 months ago: Well folks, its late October. The Fall Classic is on TV, there is a chill in the air, and the best p … more →

Tags: Adventuring Stateside, Missouri, St. Louis, cemetery, Busch, Lemp, Clark, Halloween

Calvary Cemetery - Treasure Trove of The Lou's History2 comments

stltourguide wrote 7 months ago: With the exception of Thomas Danisi’s home on Mackay Place and a portion of Manuel Lisa’ … more →

Tags: Calvary Cemetery, Colonial St. Louis, Commentary and Criticism, History, Icons, St. Louis, St. Louis Walking Tours, John Mullanphy, John O'Fallon

Bellefontaine Cemetery2 comments

gravetender06 wrote 8 months ago: Bellefontaine Cemetery, located at 4947 West Florissant Avenue, is one of the largest and oldest cem … more →

Tags: Cemeteries, cemetery, Cemeteries, St. Louis, Wainwright Tomb, lemp family, haunted, PARANORMAL ACTIVTY

Bellefontaine: Dancing in the shadows

stlouisisapoem wrote 9 months ago: A city in the shadow,                 a counterpart where  shadows walk and shadows                 … more →

Tags: Poems, Poetry

Hancock & Kelley - Friday, June 3rd

Peggy C. wrote 11 months ago: John talks with St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District Spokesman Lance Lecomb about the MSD’s a … more →

Tags: Hancock & Kelley, Chesterfield, Dennis Ruckman, John Nations, joplin, mo#, Paul Rosenzweig, St. Louis Zoo, Heritage Foundation

St. Louis Velodrome1 comment

stlexplorer wrote 1 year ago: While surfing around on YouTube recently, I came across a Living St. Louis video on the St. Louis Ve … more →

Tags: History, currrent events, Forest Park, North St. Louis, Kingshighway, Velodrome, Penrose Park, Mark Twain, bicycle

Tennessee Found1 comment

Shannon Yarbrough wrote 1 year ago: J and I returned to Calvary and Bellefontaine Cemeteries yesterday to test J’s new camera by t … more →

Tags: I am Author, the backyard tourist, Memory, Tennessee Williams, Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis cemetery, Rose Williams

Halloween Reflections STL

stltourguide wrote 1 year ago: Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite, All are on their rounds tonight; In the wan moon’s silver ray, … more →

Tags: St. Louis, History, Neighborhoods, Recollections, Happenings, School Tours, Art | Architecture, Hauntings, Halloween

Haunting St. Louis II

stltourguide wrote 1 year ago: There are hauntings and there are hauntings. A harsh word spoken to a loved one in childhood can com … more →

Tags: Art | Architecture, Commentary and Criticism, Happenings, Hauntings, History, Neighborhoods, St. Louis, Captain Isaiah Sellers, Charlotte Wainwright

Haunting St. Louis I10 comments

stltourguide wrote 1 year ago: As autumn wends its way thru October, chill winds from the west and north turn the leaves to gold an … more →

Tags: St. Louis, History, Happenings, Irish, Hauntings, St. Louis University, Laclede's Landing, The Campbell House Museum, The Lemp Mansion

Missouri

Carmen Guaigua wrote 1 year ago: Missouri is my third stop of this road trip.  I visited St. Louis’s, St. Charles, Jefferson Ci … more →

Tags: Carmen Guaigua, Missouri, St. Louis, defiance, Gateway Arch, Busch Stadium, Edward Jones Dome, St. Charles, Carmen Guaigua

Living St. Louis Video - Bellefontaine Cemetery

Mike Bauhof wrote 2 years ago: Originally Broadcast 1/11/2010: Jim Kirchherr visits Bellefontaine Cemetery with Carol Ferring Sherp … more →

Tags: KETC, St. Louis, Jim Kirchherr, Video, History, People, Places, Frank Lloyd Wright, Carol Ferring Sherpley

One Year Ago Today: The Day of the Dead

Shannon Yarbrough wrote 2 years ago: A year ago today J and I visited Bellefontaine Cemetery and captured some awesome pics of the fall f … more →

Tags: Holidaze, St. Louis cemetery, November 1st


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