Name: Alt School House
Built by: Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Congregation UAC
Location: Reinke Road in Ellisville, south of Manchester Road.
Facts:
• First teacher was paid $100 per year.
• Tuition was 75˘ per . . . — — Map (db m179214) HM
This marker was designed and placed in Central City Park at its dedication, June 6, 1998 by the Chesterfield Historical Commission. It commemorates 181 years of Chesterfield history, as a named community.
Justus Post was the driving force . . . — — Map (db m280662) HM
This is one of the oldest buildings constructed in St. Louis County; its features date it to the late 1700s, perhaps early 1800s.
Little is known about its origin but its construction identifies it as a "settler's cabin" with one room, a . . . — — Map (db m185524) HM
Built by: Dr. Frederick Bates Jr. and Lavinia Meredith Bates, Original location: Directly across Olive Blvd. from Faust Park. Facts . Frederick Bates Jr. was the youngest son Frederick Bates, second governor of the state of Missouri.. After . . . — — Map (db m178856) HM
Name: Davis House
Built: The original date of construction for this house is unknown but its current appearance seems to indicate the late 1800s. Actually a two story log building, the house could date to early 1800s.
Built . . . — — Map (db m178978) HM
African-Americans have suffered from religious and racial oppression
throughout many periods of American history. Years ago, Christian-minded
slaves often worshipped with their owners. However, in 1846, the slaves
in Chesterfield and nearby . . . — — Map (db m254317) HM
Name: Hoch House
Built: circa 1876
Built by: Henry and Lena Hoch
Original Location: Chesterfield Parkway at the rear of present day BP gas station (Walgreen's parking lot)
Facts:
During the winter, ice and snow would be cut from lakes or rivers, taken into the icehouse, and packed with insulation[ often straw or sawdust]. It would remain frozen for, many months, often until the following winter, and could be used as a . . . — — Map (db m178767) HM
Name: Mertz Log Home
Built: The first single room building was built in 1849. The house was expanded over the following 10 years.
Built by: Ludwig and Salome Mertz.
Original location: Campus of present day Maryville . . . — — Map (db m178975) HM
Name: Miles A. Seed Carriage House
Built: 1887
Built by: Miles A. Seed
Original Location: College and Hord Avenues, Jennings, Mo.
Facts:
• Originally stood behind an elegant Queen Anne style home.
• Miles A. . . . — — Map (db m179218) HM
The Monarch-Chesterfield Levee System
The Monarch-Chesterfield Levee was constructed to protect the City of Chesterfield and adjacent communities from flooding caused by the Missouri River or one of its tributaries.
·The Great . . . — — Map (db m241167) HM
Stephen Hempstead, a Revolutionary War hero and early settler, wrote to the Connecticut Home Missionary Society in 1815 to ask them to send a missionary to organize Presbyterian Churches in this area. On December 26, 1815, The Reverend Mr. Salmon . . . — — Map (db m187510) HM
This park commemorates the Bayer/Brasher family who, over five generations, cleared the forest, farmed the land, and continuously resided here for 160 years.
The "pioneer farmer" sculpture is dedicated to the pioneer spirit and courage of . . . — — Map (db m268912) HM
This monarch pecan tree was planted in 1892 by Gottlieb Bayer. The trunk has a circumference of over 14 feet. The height is estimated to be 70 feet. Limbs extend 60 feet in all directions.
Three smaller trees grew from the pecan nuts of the . . . — — Map (db m268908) HM
Name: Sellenriek Barn
Built: Late 1860s - early 1870s
Built by: Frank Sellenriek
Original location: The south side of Hwy 40 across from the Church Of Latter Day Saints in Town and Country
Facts:
• The barn is a . . . — — Map (db m179217) HM
Traditional smokehouses served both as meat smokers and to store the meats, often for groups and communities of people. Frederick Bates had his own smokehouse that fed just the residents of this estate.
Food preservation occurred by salt . . . — — Map (db m178747) HM
Built between the years 1815-1820
The residence of Frederick Bates
1777 - 1825
Secretary of the Louisiana Territory 1807 - 1820
Second Governor of Missouri
1824-1825
Thornhill was donated to St. Louis County by Mr. and Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m178571) HM
