what is an italianate style house with coppola's tall window arches hipped roofs and bracketed
cornices this style was popular between 1840 and 1885. stick around this video will cover a variety
of italian and style homes built before the civil war in the city of st louis make sure to subscribe
and let us know which house is your favorite in the comments my name is nathan jackson welcome
to this house one of the oldest frame houses in st louis is the alexander lacy lyle house which was
built in 1842 in the italian style however due to its early period of construction it also has
some greek revival influence in the construction of the house such as the flat lentils above each
of the windows it also has some early victorian influence with the gingerbreading on the rear
service wing of the house alexander lacey lyle was descended from amos custis lyle who was related to
martha washington but he moved to carondelet in 1770 as one of the earliest residents of the area
and his grandson alexander lacy lyle is the one who built this house during the civil war because
alexander lyle was a confederate sympathizer he was essentially run out of st louis and so the
property that he owned at the time was turned over to the city of st louis and later became part of
the grounds for carondelet park today it is one of st louis's oldest frame homes it also features
a large hipped roof and multiple tall chimneys around the whole house so the henry shaw house in
the missouri botanical gardens was constructed in 1849 and designed by george barnett so one reason
that the house is called the tower grove house is because of the large italian style cupola that
is on the front of henry shaw's country home and right out in front of the home henry shaw
had a grove of trees planted and you could see the tower through the trees and that's why it's known
as tower grove originally henry shaw had much more land and much of his land was actually donated to
the city in 1868 to create tower grove park what was left of his land was kept as the botanical
gardens he was the caretaker and owner of the botanical gardens until his death in 1889 at which
time henry shaw's city home which was located at 7th and locust street downtown was moved to
the garden deconstructed and reconstructed based on henry shaw's will because henry shaw did not
trust the city of st louis to preserve his property he was probably very wise for his time
because today the site where his house used to be is now a parking lot for hotel st louis
in 1890 the original eastern wing of the home was actually demolished and replaced by a larger wing
and at which point they also decided to introduce indoor plumbing and various different features
and the henry shaw country residence later became the superintendent's home so this house is one of
the oldest houses in the hyde park neighborhood it was originally built in 1851 for a guy named
william o'shan's william o'shans was a contractor in the city of st louis and before moving to
this area in hyde park he lived in downtown st louis back in 1851 when the house was built hyde
park was still the independent city of brandman it was later annexed by the city of st louis in 1855
when st louis expanded itself to grant boulevard the house originally was built in federal style
as an eye house and what an ia house is is a rural style of home that is commonly seen in
indiana iowa and illinois which is where it gets the name i house in 1856 to 1857
the house was updated in the italian style the cast iron lentils and hipped roof and
the widow's walk were added around that time most likely today this is one of the oldest surviving
homes in the hyde park neighborhood and also one of the oldest homes throughout the north st louis
area the eugene milton berger house is one of the first houses in the dutchtown area it was built in
1855 just off the stringtown road which is today's virginia avenue it was built for eugene and mary
milzenberger as you can see the house has a hipped roof and a large gallery porch which faces the
side of the house now as it faces osceola street but originally this house was built with the
gallery porch on the front as that was the view facing the mississippi river at the time the rest
of the dutch town neighborhood was built up around it in the following years beginning in the late
19th and early 20th century today the house has been placed on the national register of historic
places so in 1855 johann adam limp plotted out a bunch of land which he owned on second corondo at
avenue which is today's 18th street 13th street and demento place depending on where on the street
you are this section which we were talking about today is called the mental place originally limp
built in italianate country style mansion right at the corner of cherokee and second carondelet
avenue unfortunately that house was torn down at some point in the mid 20th century one of the
next houses to be built on the street was the frederick height camp mansion which was built
in 1865 also in the italian country style and it features a hipped roof transom windows and
two different styles of arches the segmented arch in a traditional tall and thin arch during the
prohibition era in the 1920s the basement of this home became the site of a speakeasy and also it
has a wine cellar in its sub-basement by the 1940s 50s and 60s this house was being used as a 12
family apartment today it's been reduced to a six family apartment so louis a benoist was one of the
most prominent figures in early st louis and he was actually born here in 1803 as he got older he
became a very prominent banker in early st louis and in 1838 he built a house at 8th and pine in
downtown st louis on the site of today's arcade building by 1853 most likely due to the cholera
epidemic he decided to have a country house built way out in st louis county in what is today
considered afton he hired george i barnett who had recently built city and country homes for henry
shaw to design his house also in the italian style the louisiana's mansion which is known as oakland
also features a very large italian style cupola as well as some classical influences such as the
impediment above the left side of the home this is one of the only stone italian homes in the city of
st louis and definitely the only one designed in the italian country villa style tune in for part
two to see the italian country style homes in st louis county including the mclegan house which was
built in 1863. if you would like to see these houses in person follow me at st louis history
and architecture on facebook and schedule a tour with me today we offer seven different
neighborhoods and about 10 different tours throughout the city thank you all for watching
which house was your favorite let us know in the comments i'll see you next time on this house