County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: Watson St. & Houston St., SE corner, St. Charles
Built: 1905
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Architectural Style: Queen Anne Free Classic
Original Occupant: Robert W. and Emma Scott
Historic District Map
"73. 1508 Watson Street; Queen Anne Free Classic; circa 1905; Contributing
This 1½-story Queen Anne Free Classic style house is distinguished by its concrete block walls, high truncated hip roof with fish scale asphalt shingles and iron roof cresting, and wraparound gallery that
spans both the façade and west elevation. The foundation is rock-faced concrete blocks, the water table is smooth concrete, and the walls are alternating rows of rock-faced and narrower smooth-faced concrete
blocks. Two chimneys project through the rooftop and an exterior end stone chimney is on the east side of the 1994 rear addition. Hipped dormers with paired 1/1 double-hung wood windows are on the front and east slopes. A gabled wing projects slightly from the west elevation and its gable end has a 1/1 window and wall clad with scalloped shingles. In the center bay of the façade is a wood door with oval
light, a single-light transom and an 8-light wood storm door. To the right is a polygonal bay with three 1/1 double-hung wood windows, each topped by a 5-light transom. In the western bay is a 1/1 double-hung wood window. The door opens onto a wraparound gallery that has rock-faced concrete piers infilled with latticework, wood stairways and deck, balustrade with turned balusters and Doric columns supporting the shed roof. On the west elevation, from front to rear, is a 1/1 double-hung wood window, paired windows and a single window in the gabled wing, paired windows and a half-glazed wood door topped by a single-light transom. The gallery's stairways are aligned with the front and side entrances. A gabled frame addition extends from the rear.
a. Garage; 2005; Noncontributing
The 1½ -story, frame, side-gabled, 2-car garage was built in 2005. The foundation is concrete and the walls appear to be finished with vinyl siding and the gable ends with fish scale shingles. A shed dormer with a gang of three 6-light windows is on the front slope of the roof. On the façade are two overhead doors, each with 4 vertical panels and two 6-light windows. A wide belt course is above the doors and wraps around the entire building." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: circa 1905
Style/Design: Queen Anne Free Classic
According to the County's tax parcels database, this house was built in 1890; however, the address is not listed in the 1891-92 city
directory and the Lindenwood Heights Subdivision was not created until 1905. The address appears in the 1906 city directory as the home of Robert W. Scott and his wife Emma. He was a foreman in the painting department of the American Car and Foundry Co.
About 1915 the Scotts sold the house to John H. and Elsie Steinbrinker. Mr. Steinbrinker was the owner and eventually the president of Steinbrinker Furniture and Undertaker Co. He was the mayor of St. Charles from 1918-1921 and in 1950 he became president of the St. Charles Building and Loan Association. By 1955 Mrs. Steinbrinker was widowed. She was still living in the house in 1970, when research ended.
"This 1 1/2-story Queen Anne Free Classic style house is distinguished by its concrete block walls, high truncated hip roof with fish scale
asphalt shingles, and wraparound gallery that spans both the façade and west elevation. The foundation is rock-faced concrete blocks and the water table is smooth concrete. The walls are alternating rows of rock-faced and narrower smooth-faced concrete blocks.
There is iron roof cresting, and two chimneys project through the rooftop and an exterior end stone chimney is on the east side of the 1994 rear addition. Hipped dormers with paired 1/1 double-hung wood windows are on the front and east slopes. A gabled wing projects slightly from the west elevation and its gable end has a 1/1 window and wall clad with scalloped shingles. In the center bay of the façade is a wood door with oval light, a single-light transom and an 8-light wood storm door. To the right is a polygonal bay with three 1/1 double-hung wood windows, each topped by a 5-light transom. In the western bay is a 1/1 double-hung wood window. The door opens onto a wraparound gallery that has rock-faced concrete piers in-filled with latticework, wood stairways and deck, balustrade with turned balusters and Doric columns supporting the shed roof. On the west elevation, from front to rear, is a 1/1 double-hung wood window, paired windows and a single window in the gabled wing, paired windows and a half-glazed wood door topped by a single-light transom. The gallery's stairways are aligned with the front and side entrances. A gabled frame addition extends from the rear.
"Located at the southeast corner of Watson and Houston Streets, this 100'x155' lot is composed of Lots 5 & 6 in Block 1 of the Lindenwood Heights Subdivision. Public sidewalks span both street frontages and an alley extends down the rear. A concrete sidewalk leads from Watson Street to the gallery, where it then turns right to wrap around the east side of the house. Concrete stepping stones extend from Houston Street to the stairway at the north end of the west elevation and a concrete sidewalk leads from the stairway to the garage at the northwest corner of the lot. Landscape beds line the house and trees and shrubs are scattered throughout the lawn. The 1 1/2-story, frame, side-gabled, 2-car garage was built in 2005. The foundation is concrete and the walls appear to be finished with vinyl siding and the gable ends with fish scale shingles. A shed dormer with a gang of three 6-light windows is on the front slope of the roof. On the façade are two overhead doors, each with 4 vertical panels and two 6-light windows. A wide belt course is above the doors and wraps around the entire building. The garage design is appropriate for the historic neighborhood but it is noncontributing since it is modern. The rear yard is partially enclosed by a wood privacy fence with latticework along the top." ~ Lindenwood Historic Survey PDF pages 380-384