John Decker Livery, 1609 Lafayette Avenue, Lafayette Square, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO
Summary
Significance: This structure was erected in 1884 towards the end of the Lafayette Square neighborhood's prosperous period. Its placement on the fringes of the neighborhood environs within a block of commercial structures, reflects the pattern of business growth that occurred in the area in the latter part of the 19th century. While slightly modified, the shell structure remains intact. The building exhibits traits of the vernacular classicism typical of the period's commercial structures.
Survey number: HABS MO-1933
Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: before 1907 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Decker, John
Heier, Henry
Wiebusch, Henry
Traube, Alfred
Roselle, Eric, field team
Kneller, Janet, field team
Franklin-Weekley, Rachel, transmitter
Spence, Ed, photographer
Naglich, Dennis, historian
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 37.96425, -91.83183
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html