Grants Farm is a historic farm and landmark in Grantwood Village  Missouri. At one time, the property was owned by Ulysses Grant.  Prior to that it was owned by the Dent family–Ulysses Grants in laws.  Since  1933 the property was owned by the Busch family.  It has been an animal reserve since 1954.  It was been.home to a wide variety of animals.

     Also on the property was Hardscrabble.  This was a log cabin built by Grant in 1856.

Also on the property was Busch family Mansion.

     Also is White Haven A house that the Grants lived in between the Mexican and the Civil War

     The LaSalle Street Cable  Car Power Station House is located at 500 N. LaSalle Street.  It was built and designed by the North Chicago Street Railroad Company.  Construction went from 1886 to 1887. Construction costs were $35,000.  It was a key part of the Chicago Cable Car System. This was one of the largest in the United States

     The Power house was designed to house engines that moved 2 miles of cable through channels in streets on the near north side and in the loop district.  These cables powered thousand of cable cars  that brought  100,000 workers into downtown each day.

     The power house was a 3 story red brick building.  It had 16,500 square space

The cable car system closed in 1906

    Over the years the building was occupied by multiple restaurants.

    The Third Church of Christ Scientist was located at 3524 Russell Boulevard, Saint Louis..  The architect was Albert B. Groves.  It  was built at this location  on 1912.  The building is a six column brick.and stone church. There are arching stain glass windows.This congregation incorporated in 1906 and dissolved in 1985.  The original 3rd Church of Christ Scientist was at this site for 70 years

     It was replaced at this site by New Paradise Missionary Baptist Church. 

   The building was sold in 1915 to the Karpeles family.    They ran 17 manuscript libraries throughout the United States.   They carried multiple historic documents.  Each library had a rotation collection and a permanent.collection focused on regional history.  Unfortunately, in May, 2019, the building sustained extensive damage in a fire.  It currently sits unused.

     This house was originally designed and built for Erasmus Warner.  He was a lumber magnate.  The house designed by the architect  William Link.  It was built in 1890.

     It is a three story red brick structure.  At some time unknown it was painted white.  Currently the paint was removed.

    The building style is Romanesque revival.  There is intricate wood in the interior.

     Mr. Warner died in 1915.  There were many owners after this.  The building was used as  a livery, a funeral home, storage facility and as medical offices.