public schools

Isaac Kremer/ November 21, 2025/ / 0 comments

The public school system continued to expand during the Victorian period. With this expansion came new and larger facilities. The Blair School, at 2707 Rauschenbach Avenue, near St. Louis Place, was designed by School Board Architect August Kirchner, in 1881. The three-story red brick building has a five part plan, with a projecting six-bay central block, flanked by three-story wings. The school has the mansard roof and bracketed cornice of the Second Empire style, combined with Italianate influence in tall, narrow windows under segmental arches. (St. Louis, 1995)