Marine Villa in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
The Wagon House
Cherokee-Lemp Historic District
The Lemp family built this "Wagon House" in 1895 to house its fleet of delivery wagons and herd of horses that carried Lemp brews to far-flung retailers. A corral for the Percherons — the draft horses used by the Lemp Brewery — covered the east side of the block. These impressive, dappled gray, French-bred horses were a symbol of the brewery.
In 1912, an extension was added to the east end of the Wagon House, covering the corral site. The Wagon House, like the rest of the brewery complex, is a masterpiece of brick construction. The entrance to the Grand Hall of the Wagon House offers a good vantage point to view the great brewery complex on the opposite side of Cherokee Street.
The rounded walls of its six-story tall brick grain elevators, the brick arches over massive doorways and windows, the cornices created by corbelling the brick out from the flat surface of the walls — required temendous skill. These feats of brick work made what could have been a mundane factory for beer into a work of building art.
The Pointer Family restored the third floor of the Wagon House and operates it as a banquet
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Erected 1999 by NiNi Harris. (Marker Number G.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Missouri, St. Louis, The Cherokee-Lemp History Walk series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.
Location. 38° 35.547′ N, 90° 13.094′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Marine Villa. It is on Cherokee Street east of Lemp Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1817 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
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 383 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
