Marine Villa in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

2315-17 Cherokee

The Roaring Twenties

— Cherokee-Lemp Historic District —

2315-17 Cherokee Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

1. 2315-17 Cherokee Marker

Inscription. It was the Roaring Twenties--with a roller coaster economy, women's skirts getting shorter and shorter, Prohibition was the law, but illegal booze could be found on almost every block -- when these storefronts at 2315-2319 Cherokee were constructed.

An odeon, or silent movie house, had stood on this site since 1908. In 1922, however, Rose Schwier was issued a permit to wreck the building. Rose, the daughter of emigrants from France, and her husband Charles, the son of German immigrants, owned and operated a grocery in the adjacent storefront facing Jefferson.

In 1922, the year that archaeologists opened King Tut's Tomb in Egypt, and the Bauhaus school of design in Germany was displaying the work of its founder Walter Gropius and artist Paul Klee, Charles and Rose Schwier built these storefronts.

During the 1920's, a millinery shop, a men's clothing store, a jeweler, and a confectionary occupied these storefronts.

Erected 2007 by NiNi Harris.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it

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is included in the Missouri, St. Louis, The Cherokee-Lemp History Walk series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.

Location. 38° 35.598′ N, 90° 13.496′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Marine Villa. It is on Cherokee Street east of South Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2317 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis MO 63118, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Billiards Hall (a few steps from this marker); If These Walls Could Talk? They Can. (a few steps from this marker); The First Nickelodeon (a few steps from this marker); In 1860 A Scholarly Neighborhood

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

2. 2315-17 Cherokee Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); 2301 Cherokee (within shouting distance of this marker); 3350 South Jefferson Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); 2225 Cherokee (within shouting distance of this marker); South St. Louis Architect (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Louis.

2315-17 Cherokee Marker - larger context photo showing 2nd floor & brick trim of building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Garrett Koch, July 31, 2026

3. 2315-17 Cherokee Marker - larger context photo showing 2nd floor & brick trim of building

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 346 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 9, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on August 4, 2026, by Garrett Koch of Saint Louis, Missouri. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.