The Rosedale-Skinker Improvement Association will have a general membership meeting on September 25, 7:30 P.M., at Grace Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall.
Category: Neighborhood History
For some time it has been the policy of the residential service committee to prevent, as much as it is possible, real estate companies from doing business in the Rosedale-Skinker area.
Judging from the number of people seen at the display houses and a monetary intake of $527. it seems that this year's Skinker-DeBaliviere House Tour was again a success.
Two hundred forty-five copies of the history were sold at the Art Fair and about 60 copies have been sold since.
The Paper would like to acknowledge that the description of the House Tour in last months issue, was written by Marj Weir and that photos were by Suzanne Johnson.
The following is a continuation of the listings of the first residents at each address in Skinker-DeBaliviere as found in Gould's Blue Books.
Archival article — originally published in The Paper, May 1973.
History sets the tone for the 6th annual Skinker-DeBaliviere House Tour-Art Fair, which will be held May 13, from 12–5:00 P.M., on the 6100 block of Kingsbury.
Have you ever walked through our neighborhood and wondered how it came into being?
The 1973 House Tour features 6 homes in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area.
Gould’s Directory of St. Louis, in those volumes known as the "Blue Books", listed "prominent citizens" of the St. Louis metropolitan area alphabetically and then listed street addresses and those who lived there.
In celebrating The Paper’s birthday, and thanking our workers, advertisers and distributors, a special thanks should certainly go to Washington University.
