What is the Soulard Settler's Cottage?

[@ThisHouse]

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[@ceciliaseiber5507]

I love this. My grandparents live at 11th and Soulard. I

[@rneustel388]

This was a most excellent look at this wonderful piece of St Louis history and a property that becomes useful again in the modern day.

[@mikebarry1514]

What a great public service to feature an organization like the Landmarks Saint Louis. This was very informative .

[@ThisHouse]

It was our pleasure to showcase their effort, thanks for watching!

[@johnkennamann1462]

This is an excellent episode. Andrew is a wealth of knowledge. LOVE IT!

[@ThisHouse]

We’re so glad you enjoyed it!

[@joanpearl1454]

The mention of reclaimed brick reminded me of a song by Pokey Lafarge - "Brick Thieves". I was not aware of this crime until I heard the song and did some research.

[@rebeccavalicoff1581]

I am really enjoying this series, learning about the history of St. Louis buildings! Thank you!

[@ThisHouse]

We’re so glad that you are enjoying the series!

[@sylviamayo379]

Thanks for the information on this project. I will be looking forward to the finished project. Love This House.

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you for watching!

[@lmgtulsa]

Dang! This is amazing and I can’t wait to see it finished. I hope they allow you guys to film the finished project.

[@ThisHouse]

We will definitely be showing more of this as it nears completion, stay tuned!

[@Steve-nm4dm]

Fascinating!

[@The_Smith]

Realy enjoyed this look under the hood of a building, so nice seeing things from an archeoligists veiw. Well done.

[@p.wesleyburrowsjr6576]

Thank you for sharing.

[@ThisHouse]

Thanks for watching!

[@Mindy-s-channel]

Wow! I can’t wait to see the finished product ❤️

[@yolandagarza8489]

I love all of your videos😊 I enjoyed taking a look inside our people's property's ,I get good ideas for my little mansion, thank you for sharing your videos👍👏

[@ThisHouse]

We're so glad you are enjoying them!

[@suspectsez4203]

Very informative. Thanks for posting.

[@ThisHouse]

Thanks for watching!

[@mariakettlehut7399]

Amazing video and times taking restorations

[@ThisHouse]

We’re so glad you enjoyed it!

[@11thstalley96]

Thank you very much for posting this incredibly fascinating video! As a longtime Soulard resident, I’m really looking forward to tracking the progress of this project. I hope that you would be able to post videos that document future milestones in the development. Thanks again!

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you for watching! We will be posting an update as the interior nears completion

[@orangetreevintagewaresotvw9590]

This was fascinating. Thank you! I learn so much!!

[@deborahfederico7455]

I hope you go back when the building is completed for another video.

[@ThisHouse]

We absolutely will, stay tuned!

[@susprime7018]

That gangway was fun for kids to climb up the walls.

[@dewdrop3302]

Very interesting video today. I always wanted to live at that time in one of those homes until I hear no indoor plumbing. 😕

[@ThisHouse]

You and me both!

[@11thstalley96]

When I first moved into Soulard in the early 80’s, the neighbor across the street had a three seater brick privy in her backyard that hadn’t been used for years. The city issued a decree for all privies to be torn down sometime in the 90’s if I remember correctly. The narrators description of the overall stench in such a crowded neighborhood caught my attention too. Soulard currently has about 4500 residents, but at it’s height, there were almost 45,000 living in Soulard and Kosciusko, the portion of the neighborhood across 7th St. that was torn down in the 60’s. I live by myself in a house that once was two apartments with sometimes up to ten residents at any given point in time near the turn of 20th century. I share a backyard with two other attached row houses, and there had been a stable in our shared backyard. The smell had to be overpowering. My father was born in an alley house behind his grandfather’s house and was raised in a two family flat that the family built next door in the less crowded neighborhood of what is now called McKinley Heights. His first steady job at the age of 14 was in a chicken slaughter house on the next street over to the east. I shudder to think of the smell if it hadn’t been that the prevailing winds come from the west. If the wind shifted….

[@sammyjo8109]

What is the projected completion date for this project? I assume it will take several years. Thank you for the opportunity to see the bones of this historic building. People easily say " that building/home needs to be saved" but few of us realize what it entails. Very eye opening.

[@ThisHouse]

If all goes well, the building should be open to the public within a year.

[@sammyjo8109]

@@ThisHouse YEAH!!!!

[@vickiephilpitt7697]

This was quite interesting. Somehow I missed this back in Nov. but it is nice to know that the building is being re-purposed for educational interests. Funny how you were saying the new bricks hopefully will last several hundred more years and the first thing I thought about " not if there is another natural catastrophe ( tornado or [heh heh] Yellowstone volcano explosion or meteorite)". Remember what happened to the dinosaurs! 😉

[@twistoffate4791]

It sure would be neat to see the land without urban St. Louis on it during the time Andrew talked about. I wish I could go back in time and take a buggy ride or just on horseback through that area.

[@t.j.m3987]

Will you be touring this building upon Completion?

[@patrickschneider728]

if it was in NORTH ST.LOUIS it would have been TORN DOWN