History Happened Here - A Virtual Tour of St. Louis' Cultural Communities

History Happened Here - A Virtual Tour of St. Louis' Cultural Communities

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Entrance gate to Flora Boulevard looking west from Grand Avenue. Photolithograph postcard, c. 1910. Missouri History Museum.

View of the Sunken Garden from the steps of the U.S. Government Building at the 1904 Fair. Palace of Mines and Metallurgy on the left and Palace of Liberal Arts on the right (designed by Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett). Missouri History Museum.

Old Third National Bank Building at 415-417 Olive Street, designed by the firm of Thomas Annan. Founded 1864. Missouri History Museum.

A newspaper article in Cleveland details the discriminatory practices of St. Louis hotels. Cleveland Gazette 13, no. 47 (06/27/1896). Ohio Historical Center Archives.

#20 Lewis Place. This was the home of Robert L. and Dr. Fredda Witherspoon. They were the first African American family to live in the home. Photo courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

Ollie Lewis had purchased this home amid the legal struggles of the Robbinses and the Lanes. She later ran a bed and breakfast to accommodate African American guests who were unable to stay in other hotels around St. Louis.

This poster suggests that and FHA Plan will secure a home in a

Watercolor view of the old Mill Creek neighborhood, then largely African American, shortly before demolition for urban renewal. This is one of twelve views given at the same time by the artist, Dorothy Holloway Pflager . It reveals the unusually varied architectural detail. Missouri History Museum.

Housing Project, Pruitt-Igoe, after completion, 8 February 1955. Photograph by Ted McCrea, 1955. Missouri History Museum.

Ollie Lewis operated a bed and breakfast out of her home to accommodate African American guests who were denied lodging in other St. Louis accommodations. Photo courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

The Lindell Railroad Company had a switch stop right outside the gates of Lewis Place. As streetcars were often deemed noisy, dangerous, and intrusive when placed in proximity to gated communities, Lewis Place residents prohibited them as a

Thurgood Marshall. Photographed by Thomas J. Library of Congress Photographs and Prints.

The former Kraemer house at 4532 Labadie.

An early map of the Lewis and Marshall subdivision.