County of building: St. Charles County
Location of building: N 5th St. & Lewis St., SW corner, St. Charles
Built: 1880
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Architectural Style: Second Empire
Original Occupant: Antone and Magdaline Stoltz
Historic District Map
"2. 539 North Fifth Street; Second Empire; circa 1880; Contributing
This 2-story brick Second Empire style house has a coursed rock-faced stone foundation and an ashlar water table is on the façade. The slate-clad gabled mansard roof is trimmed with a modillioned and denticulated entablature and on the front slope are 3 gabled dormers with 2/2 round-arched windows. On the south elevation is an interior end chimney and interior and exterior end chimneys are on the north. A polygonal bay and a Colonial Revival style gallery highlight the façade. The polygonal bay has three 1/1 double-hung wood windows set in segmental-arched openings with cast stone sills, and the roof is trimmed with a denticulated cornice. To the north is a ½-glazed, 2-panel door with decorative scalloping along the top, and above is a single-light fanlight. The door opens onto a gallery that projects beyond the north elevation and has brick foundation piers in-filled with wooden lattice panels, a wood deck and stairway, Ionic columns and half columns resting on paneled pedestals, a balustrade with turned balusters and a pyramidal roof trimmed with a denticulated frieze.
On the south elevation are three 2/2 wood windows on the first floor and 2 on the second, and the windows are within segmental-arched openings. A 1-story polygonal bay with three 1/1 windows is on the first floor of the north elevation. To the west is a 2/2 window and in the second floor are 4.
a. Garage; circa 1900; Contributing
The 1½-story, front-gabled, 2-car garage has vertical board walls and on the north façade are 2 metal overhead doors, each with 4 horizontal sections. The east slope of the roof extends further down than the west slope, creating a saltbox form. In the upper half story is a shuttered opening." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: circa 1880
Style/Design: Second Empire
This property is listed as 513 North Fifth Street in the 1891-92 city directory and is shown as 535 North Fifth Street on the 1909 Sanborn
Insurance map. However, the 1906 city directory gives the address as 539 North Fifth Street. This was the home of Antone and Magdaline Stoltz. The city directories list his occupation as "saloonist." In the "History of St. Charles County, Missouri (1765-1885)" is a brief biography of Mr. Stoltz. He was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1844 and came to America in 1865. He first located in St. Charles but then moved to other areas, where he was employed in railroading, farming and the saloon business. He returned to St. Charles in 1871 and formed a partnership with Ignatz Behuert, operating a saloon. Behuert retired two years later, and Stoltz continued the business alone. It was said to be the largest saloon in the city. Stoltz also operated a hotel in connection with the saloon. He was a "prominent stockholder in the tobacco factory of St. Charles" (History of St. Charles County, Missouri, page 432). Stoltz married Magdaline Weber of St. Charles County in 1871.
"Located at the southwest corner of Fifth and Lewis Streets, this 2-story, brick Second Empire style house rests on a coursed rock-faced
stone foundation and there is an ashlar water table on the façade. The slate-clad gabled mansard roof is trimmed with a modillioned and
denticulated entablature and the front slope is pierced by three gabled dormers with 2/2 round-arched windows. An interior end chimney
is on the south elevation and an interior and exterior end chimney is on the north. The façade is highlighted by a polygonal bay and a
Colonial Revival style gallery. Located on the southern half of the façade, the polygonal bay features three 1/1 double-hung wood windows set in segmental-arched openings with cast stone sills, and the roof is trimmed with a denticulated cornice. To the north is the entrance, which is a half-glazed, two-panel door that has decorative scalloping along the top, and above the door is a single-light fanlight. The door opens onto a gallery that projects beyond the north elevation. It features brick foundation piers in-filled with wooden latticework panels, a wood deck and stairway, Ionic columns and half columns resting on paneled pedestals, a balustrade with turned balusters and a pyramidal roof trimmed with a denticulated frieze. On the south elevation are three 2/2 wood windows on the first floor and two on the second, and the windows are set within segmental-arched openings. A one-story polygonal bay is on the first floor of the north elevation, and this bay has three 1/1 windows. To the west is a 2/2 window and in the second floor are four 2/2 windows.
"A coursed rock-faced stone retaining wall with concrete cap spans the front of this 81’x150’ elevated corner lot. A modern metal fence is
along the top of the wall, and numerous shrubs are planted behind the fence. A public sidewalk spans the front of the lot and an alley extends along the south property line. Several large trees shade the property. At the rear of the lot is a one-and-one-half story, front-gabled, two-car garage. The walls are finished with vertical board siding, and the overhead doors are metal and have four horizontal sections. The east slope of the roof extends further down than the west slope, creating a “cat slide” or saltbox form. In the upper half story is a shuttered opening. This appears to be the same building shown on the 1909 Sanborn map, which is the earliest map showing this block. The building retains integrity and is contributing." ~ St. Charles Historic Survey Phase IV, PDF pages 6-10