Historic Preservation

A University City preservationist group called Heritage Sites Protection Initiative handed over petitions to the St. Louis County Board of Election…

Updated 1:24, Nov. 11 with agreement -This Veteran’s Day, the Missouri History Museum takes over as official custodian of Soldiers Memorial Military…

The National Blues Museum has set April 2, 2016, as its opening day. The project intends to tell the history of blues music through exhibits and community…

A 127-year-old brick two-story in the Gate District is the city’s latest landmark.The house at 3130 Hickory St. was the birthplace of author and activist…

A major gift is helping the Missouri History Museum contradict the notion that the civil rights movement was a quiet affair in St. Louis.“The…

Updated as of July 28, 7 p.m.Most of St. Louis' 277 historic triangular-shaped houses known as "flounders" are in good shape, but dozens are considered…

Updated with announcement - From bridges to a calaboose, the list of properties in peril put out by Missouri Preservation is a mix that highlights to…

Rain is a beautiful act of nature. It brings nourishment to everything that it touches and creates flush, lustrous green forests and beautiful flowers. In…

Often the steady, sturdy and stalwart are described as bricks, those men and women who rise to the occasion when there’s a difficulty of one sort or…

The fence around Lafayette Park is an iconic symbol of the neighborhood: the fleur-de-lis of the spear points is in the Lafayette Square logo. Now part of…