. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. C. Carr, who built the first twostory frame house in Saint Louis, owned a numberof houses, and one of them, on Second Street, is stillstanding, as are a few others, in this locality, of theearly homes before it became a city. SAINT LOUIS 27 The Brant residence, at Eighth and ChouteauAvenue, a stately building bordering on threestreets, was used in 1861 as the Headquarters ofthe Western Department, and occupied by GeneralFremont in that year. Here General Grant wasgiven his first command, and the visits of DorothyDix, General Sherman and other
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. C. Carr, who built the first twostory frame house in Saint Louis, owned a numberof houses, and one of them, on Second Street, is stillstanding, as are a few others, in this locality, of theearly homes before it became a city. SAINT LOUIS 27 The Brant residence, at Eighth and ChouteauAvenue, a stately building bordering on threestreets, was used in 1861 as the Headquarters ofthe Western Department, and occupied by GeneralFremont in that year. Here General Grant wasgiven his first command, and the visits of DorothyDix, General Sherman and others lend an additionalhistoric interest. Here also is laid one of thescenes of the Crisis, and Virginia Carvel is seenwavmg her Southern flag on the walk in front ofthis home, while the General mounts his horse. Cracker Castle, so called because of havingbeen built with money made by the owner, , in selling crackers (hard tack) to the sol-diers during the civil war, is another home associa-ted with that period, and for many years a place of. Entrance Westmoreland Place. interest. It was built in 1859. and was at that timea magnificent residence. In the former home of James E. Yeatman, atnth and Penrose, the Crisis is again commem-orated, being the type of home shown in theSecond Act. The interior of this mansion is pre-served in its original furnishings, and was visitedby James K. Hackett, when playing in the Crisisat Saint Louis, as Stephen Brice. Mr. Churchillsays that Brinsmade of this novel was James E. 28 SAINT LOUIS Yeatman, and Brice is said to have been HenryHitchcock, both these men being St. Carvel, too, is said to have been a SaintLouis girl, the only daughter of James E. Yeat-man, now Mrs. Alfred Carr, who still resides atthe beautiful country home Glencoe erectednear the original home, surrounded by spaciousgrounds wherein the groundwork of this historicnovel was laid. Another home made famous bythis book, is that of the late Isaac H. Sturg
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