Live on LaSalle in St. Louis: A 4-Bedroom at 1818 Lasalle in Lafayette Square
This 4-bedroom single family home at 1818 Lasalle in Lafayette Square in St Louis came on the market in June 2019.
Lafayette Square is a historic area which surrounds the oldest park west of the Mississippi River.
The homes are larger than in nearby Soulard with some directly across from the park being in the “mansion” category.
This is the neighborhood the rich originally lived in.
The area has always been well maintained but in recent years, shops and trendy restaurants have gone into the neighborhood along with loft apartments.
A hotel and more apartments are slated to go into an abandoned 9-acre industrial site just to the north of the historic area which could bring even more life to the area.
Some Lafayette Square homes still have their horse hitching posts near the street.
This home was built in 1896.
They were actually painting the third floor window trim when I walked by (so sorry that the picture is partially blocked.)
Yes, it’s painted blue. There were also purple, pink and yellow homes in this neighborhood along with lush trees and flowers.
It’s built on a 25×120 lot but has no garage. However, it looks like the gated back yard opens and there is parking on the brick patio.
It has many of its vintage features including 3 fireplaces and pocket doors.
3 of the 4 bedrooms are on the second floor with one currently being used as a family room.
The master suite is on the top floor along with an updated master bath.
The eat-in kitchen has maple cabinets, a Viking range and a second electric oven.
LaSalle in St Louis is spelled “Lasalle.” In Chicago, the “s” is capitalized.
This house is just steps from popular restaurants Eleven Eleven, Planters House, Vin de Set, and Hamiltons and just 3 blocks to Lafayette Park.
If you’re a vintage house lover, Lafayette Square should be on your list.
Creighton Brinson at Re/Max Gold VI has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
1818 Lasalle: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2966 square feet
- Originally listed in March 2019 for $489,900
- Reduced
- Currently listed at $455,000
- Taxes of $5,270
- Central Air
- 3 fireplaces
- Parking on the brick patio
- Bedroom #1: 20×15 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 17×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 14×14 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 18×13 (third floor)
Gotta say I’m enjoying Taste of St Louis this week on CC. I’d even consider moving there if the right opportunity came along.
Sabrina, I assume a standard lot in STL is probably different than one in Chicago. It’s nice that these homes you are showing appear to have some good walkability because St Louis public transport systems suck even more than ours.
very cool houses this week indeed, definitely something fresh for cribchatter!
Agree, I like this walk through St. Louis. I’ from downstate and the towns to “get out” of our little towns were of course Chicago or St. Louis. St. Louis hit some rough spots but looking at it now, with the several charming neighborhood we have seen it might be worth a look for people…especially with home prices. Despite living in Chicago for the past 30 years I don’t have that born and bred…”Chicago is the GREATEST place on earth” thing and I could stand a milder winter…(but way hotter summer.)
I lived in STL during my formative years from Kindergarten through early high school. I do have fond memories of St. Louis and it will always be special to me. I’ve been a Chicagoan now for far longer than I’ve been a St. Louisan, so I probably wouldn’t consider living there again – even with some family still there. Still, it tickles me to see these neighborhoods featured in St. Louis and does make me a little nostalgic for what is good about STL and how nicely one can live for the $$ in STL. I do think if you’re young, raising a family, you want a high standard of living, you want a gorgeous house in a great neighborhood – there are plenty of places in this country that it is still very attainable. Since St Louis isn’t (much) of an “urban living” city, what about some of the close-in burbs Sabrina? Webster Groves? Clayton? Loved your feature on U City, CWE, Portland and Westmoreland.. and the history of 1904. Thanks for the trip! Bring me pizza?
Oh and btw, it’s not (or at least it didn’t used to be) way hotter in STL. It’s just more humid more often I think. The seasons are similar otherwise, IMO.
“I lived in STL … through early high school”
Which HS? [j/k, I’m not from STL, but know enough who are]
its about 5-10 degrees warmer there most of the year and the humidity is absolutely brutal in the late summer
“Which HS? [j/k, I’m not from STL, but know enough who are]”
Lot’s of Ladue alums in Chi
“The seasons are similar otherwise, IMO.”
Seasons are pretty different actually. St Louis is in a different zone. Gets a much earlier spring and later fall. Snow/winter not nearly as bad which is why most homes don’t have garages. They mainly have carports or just a parking space as this house in Lafayette Square because the weather doesn’t really require you to keep it covered (but I’m sure that blizzard they got last year was a lot of fun.)
The flora and fauna are considerably different too due to the zone. Some rare flowers/plants grow there that have medicinal qualities.
There’s a reason the ancients chose it for one of the largest cities in North America (they didn’t choose the Chicago area, that’s for sure.)
“It’s nice that these homes you are showing appear to have some good walkability because St Louis public transport systems suck even more than ours.”
Chicago it is not, in terms of walkability Icarus. I didn’t go to Shaw or Tower Grove which has some restaurants/shops on Grand now (maybe next visit!) but compared to Chicago, it’s still pretty sparse.
In Soulard, for instance, they advertise that there are 40 restaurants/shops in the neighborhood but I thought it was pretty sparse and was thinking to myself what restaurants I would put in if I lived there (ha!).
For instance, there aren’t any Starbucks in these neighborhoods. No Starbucks in Lafayette Square or Soulard. Maybe their historic preservation groups keep them out on purpose. Like Saugatuck does with its “no chain” requirement. I don’t know. But there weren’t many home grown coffee shops either (really needed.)
That being said, I was able to walk from Soulard over to Lafayette Square easily even though a highway cuts through there.
Not many people were ever out walking though. Street parking is super easy so I have a feeling most people drive everywhere. Plus, the crime issues just encourage cars. And the city is so spread out!
But you’re right, the public transport stinks. Yeah- they have the metro line but it’s only on the north side of the city.
Why isn’t there a shuttle going from downtown to Soulard? They should put a streetcar in there. It’s just 1.5 miles but a large part of it is pretty abandoned so I wasn’t going to walk it.
But some of the neighborhoods are getting better in terms of walkability. They are slowly converting some of the big abandoned warehouses and other buildings that are a hindrance in certain neighborhoods.
I do feel like it’s a hidden gem in terms of architecture. If you’re living on a coast and struggling to make it on a middle class salary, these smaller cities like St Louis are nice opportunities.
“Since St Louis isn’t (much) of an “urban living” city, what about some of the close-in burbs Sabrina? Webster Groves? Clayton?”
I found plenty of urban areas in St Louis and I couldn’t even go to them all.
I didn’t fit in:
Benton Park
Shaw
Tower Grove
Dogtown
The Hill
I know Webster Groves and, obviously, University City, and Clayton are supposed to be great. But I didn’t want to cover the suburbs.
St Louis is trying to make a comeback in its urban areas. It’s building Ballpark Village to bring people downtown. They are nearing completion on the first new modern high rise downtown which will be luxury rentals right next to the ballpark.
I’ll have a post on Friday about downtown. That’s a real conundrum. What do you do with it? It was mostly abandoned by businesses decades ago but all the hotels are down there plus the sports teams and, now, a National Park.
I found Clayton and U City to be more urban comparatively than Oak Park or Evanston in some ways and pretty seamlessly part of the city other than jurisdiction than Chicago. Both are heavy on vintage apartment buildings from what I remember – often with more variety than the repetitive nature of Chicago apartments.
” St Louis is in a different zone. Gets a much earlier spring and later fall.”
In Chicago, the zone is 6a (per the 2012 map, was 5b under the 1990 map) and St Louis is 6b (having been…wait for it … 5b under the 1990 map). Chicago burbs are still 5b, and the non-STL County burbs are 6a.
“Chicago burbs are still 5b, and the non-STL County burbs are 6a.”
I looked at the 2012 map. St Louis a completely different zone with completely different temperature gradient. The flowers down there at the botanical garden which are native to Missouri cannot grow here. Sorry anon(tfo). There’s a big difference between a 5 and a 6 in plants.
The weather is very different.
It’s on the same latitude as Istanbul and similar plants grow in each city.
“I looked at the 2012 map.”
You quoted what I wrote about the burbs.
The cities of Chicago and STL are both zone 6, albeit a and b.
“It’s on the same latitude as Istanbul”
GTFOOH!!
Rome = 41.90° N
Chicago = 41.88° N
Istanbul = 41.01° N
Lisbon = 38.72° N
STL = 38.63° N
So, we can grow the same stuff in Chicago as they do in Rome??
“So, we can grow the same stuff in Chicago as they do in Rome??”
Not if you’re not in the same zone. You clearly know NOTHING about plants and gardening.
At the Missouri Botanical Gardens, they have one of the few Ottoman gardens in the US, and the first built, because, as they said there, they are on the same latitude and can grow the same plants.
There’s a reason Chicago is a different zone. Zones are determined by the ground temperature (what can survive) and St Louis is very different from anywhere to the north. It’s very similar to Nashville and Memphis. It has the southern type plants that can grow in that zone.
I also saw some palm trees around town but not sure if those are seasonal or not as they were in planters (unlike the palm trees I saw in London, which you’ll find just walking around the side streets and near tube stations. So amazing.)
“[STL and Istanbul] are on the same latitude”
But they are NOT on the same latitude. That is NOT why. I don’t care what some docent said or how the didactic read, it’s untrue.
“palm trees I saw in London”
That’s because London is on the same latitude as Calgary, right? Palm trees all over Calgary!
Or maybe it is “because of” something else…
For the record, Istanbul would be a zone *9* on the USDA scale:
https://www.jelitto.com/Plant+Information/Plant+Hardiness+Zones/Plant+Hardiness+Zones+-+Europe/
Oslo is a 6. Stockholm is a 7. So, it’s not “because of” plant hardiness zones, either.
There are certainly palm trees in Lisbon and even in southern Germany (only one location due to a unique micro-climate).
“There are certainly palm trees in Lisbon ”
Lisbon has the same plant hardiness zone as Naples, FL and Los Angeles, so that makes perfect sense.
You can find palm trees in Vancouver, BC, too. Along English Bay (and here and there elsewhere):
https://www.zmescience.com/other/did-you-know/vancouver-palm-trees/