To the Editors of the PAPER: This month's PAPER carries the complete draft of the proposed Historic District Ordinance.
Category: Historic Preservation
Originally a portion of the 18th century Spanish land grant to Marie Louise Chouteau Papin, sister of St. Louis cofounder Auguste Chouteau, much of the Skinker-DeBaliviere-Catlin Tract-Parkview Historic District remained within extended Chouteau-Papin family until late in the nineteenth century.
Historic District Supplement, June 1977: original proposed standards and planning material, preserved as a historical document rather than a statement of current law.
Historic District Supplement, June 1977: original proposed standards and planning material, preserved as a historical document rather than a statement of current law.
Historic District Supplement, June 1977: original proposed standards and planning material, preserved as a historical document rather than a statement of current law.
Historic District Supplement, June 1977: original proposed standards and planning material, preserved as a historical document rather than a statement of current law.
The past year has been an active and positive one in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Art Fair—House Tour, the oldest neighborhood festival in St. Louis, celebrates its 10th anniversary on Mother's Day, May 8.
The April issue of the PAPER carried a reply to my previous criticism of the Historic District Ordinance.
One apartment and five house will be featured on the 1977 Skinker-DeBaliviere House Tour.
Since I am not a homeowner, I have not looked extensively into the many positive and negative aspects of the Historic District issue.
The last three issues of The Paper have carried letters by Mike Stahl expressing his opposition to the proposed Historic District in Skinker-DeBaliviere.
