Compton Heights Neighborhood in St. Louis

Tour with Nathan Jackson of St. Louis History and Architecture.
www.stlhistoryandarchitecture.com and on Facebook.
1 of 79 neighborhoods in the city of St. Louis. 3 miles from the Gateway Arch.
See the Naked Truth Statue, Compton Hill Reservoir and Water Tower, houses of business leaders and rich and famous in St. Louis, the Magic Chef Mansion, and much more.

03:12 Naked Truth Statue
06:34 Compton Hill Reservoir and Water Tower
11:59 Street names in St. Louis
16:18 Magic Chef Mansion
19:18 2011 Virginia Ave.
21:14 1917/1915 Virginia Ave.
24:43 1903/1901 Virginia Ave.
26:24 1827 S. Compton Ave.
27:43 1901 S. Compton Ave.
30:14 1907 S. Compton Ave.
31:06 1909 S. Compton Ave.
32:04 1921/1915/1913 S. Compton Ave.
35:36 1923 S. Compton Ave. Flounder House
37:57 3150 Allen Ave.
38:49 1931 S. Compton Ave.
39:28 2007 S. Compton Ave. built for Appleton S. Bridges, then bought by Henry Timken.
41:14 2013 S. Compton Ave.
41:57 Berea Temple (where Henry C. Haarstick's mansion was)
42:37 Julius Pitzman designed Compton Heights street design/street names
43:59 2114 S. Compton Ave.
45:42 3205 Hawthorne Blvd.
46:43 3215 Hawthorne Blvd.
47:38 3243 Hawthorne Blvd. for Frederick Hofmann
49:44 3251 Hawthorne Blvd.
51:09 3250 Hawthorne Blvd. for Henry Griesedieck Jr.
54:41 3263 Hawthorne Blvd. for Louis Stockstrom
56:57 3405 Hawthorne Blvd.
57:47 3419 Hawthorne Blvd.
58:42 3435 Hawthorne Blvd. designed by Theodore Link
1:02:15 3424 Hawthorne Blvd. for Henry William Gildehaus
1:04:07 3456 Hawthorne Blvd. for Charles Gildehaus
1:05:22 3506 Hawthorne Blvd. for Ed Wagner of the Forest Park Brewery, then bought by DuBois, president of Monsanto
1:07:00 3514 Hawthorne Blvd. for Charles Stoffregen, coffee king
1:08:19 3522 Hawthorne Blvd. for William T. Koken, cast iron manufacturer
1:10:23 3545 Longfellow Blvd. by and for Frederick Widmann
1:11:01 3533 Longfellow Blvd. for Zachariah Wainwright Tinker, malting company
1:13:40 3505 Longfellow Blvd. Wulfing-Gildehaus wholesale grocers
1:14:38 3463 Longfellow Blvd. for Dittmann, shoe company
1:15:46 3455 Longfellow Blvd. Hermann Oak Leather Company
1:17:43 3447 Longfellow Blvd. for Walter, National Candy Company
1:18:34 3439 Longfellow Blvd. for Charles Wulfing
1:18:54 3417 Longfellow Blvd., where Charles Lindbergh had dinner on occasion
1:19:39 3247 Longfellow Blvd. for Leo Hadley, Hadley-Dean Glass Company
1:21:35 3153 Longfellow Blvd. for Hugo Starkloff
1:22:43 3127 Longfellow Blvd. for owner of lime and cement company, then head of Missouri iron company, then Paul Griesedieck
1:23:47 3117 Longfellow Blvd. owned by Hugo Muench, ambassador to Germany
1:29:40 2900 Russell Blvd. for Henry and Herman Koch, salesmen for Ely & Walker