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Blossom House, Union Boulevard & Enright Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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Blossom House, Union Boulevard & Enright Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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Summary

Significance: Built ca. 1852. Land bought by Professor Jonathan Jones, head of a business college, in 1851. He built six room frame house. Lost all his money in 1861, and property was sold at foreclosure to Chalmer Dwight Blossom, who added large front section to original Jones' house. Blossom occupied the house in 1862. House later occupied by Miss Christine Glass, who operated a pre-kindergarten school there. House demolished 1942.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4
Survey number: HABS MO-31-4
Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1942 Demolished

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jones, Paul
Blossom, Chalmers
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Location

St. Louis, Missouri, United States37.96425, -91.83183
Google Map of 37.9642529, -91.8318334
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