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# Webster Groves Historic Homes

Enduring Remnants of a Vibrant Past

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [Historical Storylines](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/2021/05/historical-storylines/) - We want to gather stories about Webster Groves Historic Homes and the people who have lived in them throughout the years. These stories will be added to the historic home database. We are currently developing the system to gather and share these stories as part of the Stewards of Webster Past database.
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## Pages

- [Premise Page](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/) - "Webster Groves is 'a very special place.' Ask anyone who lives there. Websterites are as loyal to Webster as Texans are to Texas; 43 percent of them have lived there more than 20 years, and a survey showed that 85 percent have no intention of moving." That statement was written in 1975 on the dust
- [North Webster Tour](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/north-webster/) - Map Guidebook Overview Two Sites to See by Car Before North Webster was a densely settled African-American neighborhood, there was a small settlement to the south and west located on Shady Avenue (now Kirkham). On your way to start the walking tour, stop and look at these two important historic sites from that community. 238
- [Stewards of Webster Past](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/stewards-of-webster-past/) - Building Community Rooted in Legacy It has been accurately stated that Webster Groves is a living museum. Our history lives in our remarkable historic homes and businesses. The legacy of the city's original founders also lives on through the homes and businesses lovingly maintained, restored and preserved over the decades since the mid and late
- [Tuxedo Park Tour](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/07-the-vision-of-tuxedo-park/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview 600 Bompart Avenue The First United Methodist Church Jacobethan Church built in 1909-16 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/600Bompart.mp3 Fairview Avenue 643 Fairview Avenue The Harry E. Clark House Queen Anne Style built in 1890 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/643Fairview.mp3 633 Fairview Avenue The William L. Clark House American Foursquare Style built in 1910 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/633Fairview.mp3 619 Fairview Avenue The Otto
- [Central Webster Tour 02](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/central-webster-tour-02/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview Sylvester Avenue Homes 235 Sylvester Avenue The Henry C. Ames House Craftsman Style built in 1912 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/235Sylvester.mp3 242 Sylvester Avenue The C. I. Manger House Prairie Style built in 1913 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/242Sylvester.mp3 236 Sylvester Avenue The L.D. Ames House Tudor Revival Style built in 1911 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/236Sylvester.mp3 East Swon Avenue Homes 239 East
- [Northwest Webster Tour](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/05-steps-in-time-northwest-webster/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview North Gore Avenue Businesses 13-15 North Gore Avenue Trembley Wilson Real Estate Vernacular Classical Revival Style built in 1915 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/13NorthGore.mp3 19 North Gore Avenue The Parker Livery Building Classical Revival Style built in 1914 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/19NorthGore.mp3 21-25 North Gore Avenue The Empire/Heritage Building Classical Revival Style built in 1907 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/21NorthGore.mp3 31-35 North
- [Rock Hill Road Tour](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/04-the-ridge-at-rock-hill-road/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview West Lockwood Businesses 200-202 W. Lockwood Avenue The Webster Company Building Craftsman Style built in 1923 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/200WestLockwood.mp3 211 W. Lockwood Avenue Straub's Grocery Store Building Modern Vernacular Style built in 1956 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/211WestLockwood.mp3 231 W. Lockwood Avenue The Reliable Life Insurance Company Colonial Revival Style built in 1969 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/231WestLockwood.mp3 NW Corner Lockwood
- [Old Orchard Tour](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/03-the-new-century-in-old-orchard/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview Frisco Avenue and Railroad Tracks Old Orchard Station Site Remaining Concrete Foundation built in 1884 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FriscoAvenueRailroadTracks.mp3 Lockwood, Big Bend and Old Orchard Lockwood Gazebo Park Victorian Gazebo built in 2000 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/LockwoodGazebo.mp3 East Lockwood Buildings 590 East Lockwood Avenue Richard J. Lockwood House Italianate Style built in 1853 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/590EastLockwood.mp3 530 East Lockwood
- [Walk in the Park Tour](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/o2-a-walk-in-the-park/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview A Walk in the Park Homes. The homes are listed in the order that they will be approached on the walking tour. Click on the audio player for a brief description of each address. https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WalkintheParkIntro-.mp3 301 East Lockwood Webster Groves Public Library Rosemont Avenue Homes 248 Rosemont Avenue William Bright Jones
- [Heart of Webster Tour 02](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/heart-of-webster-tour-02/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview West Cedar Avenue Homes 18 West Cedar Avenue The John O'Hara House American Foursquare Style built in 1905 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/18WestCedfar.mp3 21 West Cedar Avenue The Joseph Trembley House Victorian Vernacular Style built in 1890 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/21WestCedar.mp3 S. Gore and W. Cedar Tichnorville Four Houses - 100,112,118,128 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Tichnorville.mp3 South Gore Avenue Homes 44 South
- [Heart of Webster Tour 01](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/01-map/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview West Lockwood Avenue Businesses 132-136 W. Lockwood Ave. William H. Gore House House - Vernacular/Greek Revival built in 1860 Shops - Commercial Vernacular built in the 1920s https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/132WestLockwood.mp3 115-117 W. Lockwood Ave. Gorelock Realty Company Building Commercial Vernacular built in 1918C https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/115WestLockwood.mp3 200-202 W. Lockwood Ave. The Webster Company Building Craftsman
- [Central Webster Tour 01](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/06-defining-moments-central-webster/) - Map Architecture Guidebook Overview North Maple Avenue Homes 17 North Maple Avenue The George Washington Saunders House Italianate Style built in 1867 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/17NorthMaple.mp3 33 North Maple Avenue The Clifford O. Scholz House Craftsman Style built in 1925 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/33NorthMaple.mp3 Rosemont Avenue Homes 41 Rosemont Avenue The Thomas P. Sullivan House Victorian Vernacular Style built in 1890
- [Walking Tours Overview](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/historic-walking-tours/) - Click on the audio player below for an overview of all the Webster Groves Historic Walking Tours. https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BeforeYouBeginOverviewAudio.mp3 Webster Groves Historic Walking Tours The Heart of Webster Tour - Part One The Heart of Webster Tour - Part Two A Walk in the Park Tour A New Century in Old Orchard Tour The Ridge at
- [Overview - A Black Community of Faith and Hope: North Webster](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-a-black-community-of-faith-and-hope-north-webster/) - Before You Begin Your Walk North Webster was founded as a community for recently freed slaves in 1866, but its roots go back farther. The first African Americans in what is now North Webster were those enslaved by John Marshall, who came from Virginia with his brother James, in 1832. James Marshall’s slaves built the
- [Overview - The Vision of Tuxedo Park](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-the-vision-of-tuxedo-park/) - Before You Begin Your Walk The area known as Tuxedo Park began as three large subdivisions in the late 1800s. At the turn of the century, these neighborhoods gave rise to a thriving business district along Marshall Avenue, the Tuxedo Park School, three churches, two railroad stations and a streetcar line. But it was the
- [Overview - Defining Moments: Central Webster](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-defining-moments-central-webster/) - Before You Begin Your Walk Webster Groves is an outdoor history museum, reflecting the early stages of St. Louis County’s development. The oldest communities in St Louis County grew up along the railroad; later communities developed along the streetcar lines, and finally, highways made all of St. Louis County convenient for commuters who lived in
- [Overview - The Ridge at Rock Hill Road](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-the-ridge-at-rock-hill-road/) - Before You Begin Your Walk Long before it was parceled into grand estates and later into subdivisions, the American Indians called the high land rising up above Shady Grove Creek “Dry Ridge.” The ridge ran north and south across the land that John and James Marshall purchased in 1832 and across part of the Sarpy
- [Overview - Steps in Time: Northwest Webster](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-steps-in-time-northwest-webster/) - Before You Begin Your Walk Northwest Webster is a window into the history and culture of this community. Its eclectic neighborhoods represent a convergence of the wealthy and the working class, blacks and whites, farmland and the earliest subdivisions. In many ways, the area is a microcosm of westward expansion. As Americans moved west, development
- [Overview - A Walk in the Park](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-a-walk-in-the-park/) - Before You Begin Your Work Inspired by Edward Joy’s Old Orchard Park of 1889 to the east and Lilburn McNair’s Tuxedo Park of 1890 to the north, a group of prominent Webster Groves businessmen established the Webster Real Estate Company in 1891. The next year they purchased the Payne Tract, north of Lockwood and west
- [Overview  - The Heart of Webster](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-tour-01-the-heart-of-webster/) - Before You Begin Your Walk This historic Webster Walk is a 2.3 mile tour through a rich collection of Victorian Architecture. The walk features the early businesses, homes and people that formed the foundation of Webster Groves. The entire walk is paved and covers flat to gently sloping terrain. Begin your walk in Webster Groves,
- [Overview - A New Century In Old Orchard](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/overview-a-new-century-in-old-orchard/) - Before You Begin Your Walk Old Orchard draws its name from the apple and peach orchards that lined the Indian trail to the Big Bend in the Meramec River in the mid-19th century. Captain Richard J. Lockwood, his brother-in-law George Robinson, Squire William Ayres, the Payne brothers, Dr. William Brown and John Murdock had large
- [Century Homes](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/additional-century-homes/) - The eight Historic Webster Walks include many Century Homes, homes designed and built more than one hundred years ago. However, there are many more Century Homes in Webster Groves that are not listed or described in the walk guides. In time, we hope to research many of these homes and include descriptions of their historical
- [Master Walking Tour Map](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/master-map/) - Click Here for a Downloadable Master Map of all of the Webster Walking Tours
- [Contact](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/contact/)
- [Test Page](https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/test-page/) - 29 Plant Avenue James F. Allen House Victorian Vernacular built in 1883 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/29Plant.mp3 121 Plant Avenue Edward Clayton House Colonial Style Revival built in 1906 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/121Plant.mp3 137 Plant Avenue Lodovicus Walbridge House Shingle Style built in 1887 https://webstergroveshistorichomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/137Plant.mp3

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