Historic Map - St. Louis, MO - 1896 - Chas. Juehne
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Historic Map - St. Louis, MO - 1896
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Saint Louis in 1896.
Reproduction panorama engraving of the city known as St. Louis, MO, published by Fred Graf in 1896. In the late 1890's automobiles began to appear on the streets of town. The main artery running north-south through the business district of St. Louis was Broadway. During the 1880's and 1890's several tall structures were built along this corridor. The relocation in 1880 of Barr's store to Sixth and Olive, and the move to the corner of Broadway and Locust of Scruggs-Vandervoort and Barney in 1888 were big indicators of the changing times. With the elevator's popularity, structures of ten or more stories began to rise up. They called them skyscrapers. Steel frames were now used to construct such structures as the ten-story Wainwright Building at Seventh Street and Chestnut and the fifteen-story building at 705 Olive Street.
St. Louis is prone to tornados in springtime because of its location amid humid subtropical air and a humid continental climate with no mountains or large bodies of water to moderate the temperatures. On May 27, 1896 one of the worst disasters in St. Louis' history occurred when a major tornado swept over the South Side of town through Lafayette Park and toward the river at Eads Bridge leaving behind great devastation.
The panorama image features lively scenes of railroad, riverboat, carriage and streetcar traffic. It features inset illustrations and photographs of Victoria Building, Union Station, City Hall, Holland Building, Columbus Statue at Tower Grove Park, Broadway north from Chestnut, Olive East from Ninth Street, Broadway north from Locust, Planters House, Court House, Harmony Club, High School, Exposition Building, Union Club, Art Museum, Washington Avenue West from Fourth Street, Pine West from Fourth Street, Fourth Street West from Pine Street, Broadway North from Olive and Humboldt Statue at Tower Grove Park.
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Reproduction panorama engraving of the city known as St. Louis, MO, published by Fred Graf in 1896. In the late 1890's automobiles began to appear on the streets of town. The main artery running north-south through the business district of St. Louis was Broadway. During the 1880's and 1890's several tall structures were built along this corridor. The relocation in 1880 of Barr's store to Sixth and Olive, and the move to the corner of Broadway and Locust of Scruggs-Vandervoort and Barney in 1888 were big indicators of the changing times. With the elevator's popularity, structures of ten or more stories began to rise up. They called them skyscrapers. Steel frames were now used to construct such structures as the ten-story Wainwright Building at Seventh Street and Chestnut and the fifteen-story building at 705 Olive Street.
St. Louis is prone to tornados in springtime because of its location amid humid subtropical air and a humid continental climate with no mountains or large bodies of water to moderate the temperatures. On May 27, 1896 one of the worst disasters in St. Louis' history occurred when a major tornado swept over the South Side of town through Lafayette Park and toward the river at Eads Bridge leaving behind great devastation.
The panorama image features lively scenes of railroad, riverboat, carriage and streetcar traffic. It features inset illustrations and photographs of Victoria Building, Union Station, City Hall, Holland Building, Columbus Statue at Tower Grove Park, Broadway north from Chestnut, Olive East from Ninth Street, Broadway north from Locust, Planters House, Court House, Harmony Club, High School, Exposition Building, Union Club, Art Museum, Washington Avenue West from Fourth Street, Pine West from Fourth Street, Fourth Street West from Pine Street, Broadway North from Olive and Humboldt Statue at Tower Grove Park.
Complete reference list below.
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