History of Lafayette Square in St. Louis(Part 2) | Nathan's Neighborhood History

[@ThisHouse]

Correction in the video: Horace Ezra Bixby actually taught Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) how to be a riverboat pilot!

[@crazynamehere6701]

I Love the painted ladys.

[@dewdrop3302]

Thanks for the tour Nathan. Love to see old houses kept up to continue providing shelter for people who appreciate their beauty. 💓

[@KellyfromMemphis]

Another excellent video…appreciate all the old photos. 🤗

[@prairiedoggy1]

I like the Second Empire houses with bay windows. Thanks for another great video, Nathan!

[@bradderousse3440]

I always enjoy looking at that flounder house when I go by Lafayette Park.

[@susprime7018]

I remember when that St. Louis flag was designed for the St. Louis bicentennial in 1964, whatever happened to the Spanish Pavilion? Mayor Cervantes secured it from the New York World's Fair.

[@ThisHouse]

The Spanish Pavilion has a long history of bankruptcy and neglect. In present day, it now serves as the lobby for the Hilton Hotel at Ballpark village

[@margaretorden7568]

I like the house with the number 1538. The commercial buildings are great too.

[@MrJahka]

Awesome video! Thanks for making it

[@judybicknell8610]

I love hearing the history and seeing the homes and photos. Thank you Mr. Jackson.

[@sammyjo8109]

A Wonderful video Nathan. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and the extra mile you go in your presentations. Thank you so very much.!!!!! I am unable to walk but short distances at present and hope next summer to be ale to jon some of your tours.

[@thomasdinan9667]

Love your channel, however, you've got one thing backwards: it was actually Horace Ezra Bixby who taught the young Sam Clemens how to be a riverboat pilot. Clemens completed that training and did receive his pilot's license.

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you for the clarification! We will pass this along to Nathan

[@Textile_Courtesan]

Great video! I've bean wanting to find info like this but I have no idea how to research it.

[@ThisHouse]

Glad it was helpful! We'll be covering many more neighborhoods and their histories, stay tuned!

[@kenlodge3399]

Am a big fan of Second Empire homes although I prefer the more ornate features and design, such as those shown in another video built by Ernst Jannsen... Excellent - show me more. Also the Eads Bridge is a pretty famous piece of bridge building. The first steel bridge built in the world I believe.

[@ThisHouse]

That is correct! We will be continuing our series on Lafayette square in about a month when Nathan has had enough time to recover from his surgery.

[@CultgentlemanJack]

I love New Orleans thank you for this interesting presentation. So important to document New Orleans history it’s future due to climate change is frightening..need to save as much of New Orleans as possible.

[@ThisHouse]

New Orleans is another amazing city that should be preserved. Perhaps we will cover some of their neighborhoods one day

[@ShyDog827]

One question that I keep wondering about as I see all these townhomes built side by side : Was the land so expensive back then that residents had to build this way? Or was that simply the style that everyone used? Here in the south , the old homes have Huge properties ( both mansions and middle class homes) and the new ones are tightly squeezed together on small lots. I’m puzzled by this because surely in the 1800’s , there must have been plenty of land to build on.

[@ThisHouse]

Great question! Homes were taxed differently back then. When these were built, they went by the number of front facing window bays. The homes featured in the thumbnail were each considered to be "3 bay" houses, regardless of how many stories they had. It's kind of funny to think that something as simple as a tax code could shape a city, but it certainly did!

[@kingtut8381]

ACTUALLY, THE GREAT CAPT. HORACE BIXBY TAUGHT MARK TWAIN TO BECOME A RIVER PILOT

[@kingtut8381]

DON'T FOGET, MANY OF THESE HOMES HAD STABLES AND USED HORSES FOR TRANSPORT

[@janethope2452]

The guy needs a shave,and needs to wear something better like a suit.