Built St. Louis
The North Side: Old North St. Louis

2141 N. 13th Street
This lonely house stands on 13th Street north of Madison. The sole survivor on an entire city block, it is now surrounded by the rather alien context of the Murphy-Blair homes, which are gated off and do little for the streetscape. December 2002.

November 2005: An aborted renovation repaired the brick facade, but also started a fire that left the house without a roof.

September 2006: The renovation continues.

Top: March 2003.

Center: November 2005.

Bottom: September 2006. The reconstructed cornice is being made not with the usual plastic, but with real wood!