County of district: St. Louis County
Location of district: Airport Road & Baxter Road, Chesterfield
Added: 2000
Boundary increase: 2006
"The Burkhardt Historic District sits on the southeast corner of the intersection of Chesterfield Airport Road (originally Olive Street Road) and Baxter Road in Chesterfield, Missouri. The small district contains a two-story commercial building, two houses, a small residence and three garages, all of which were built by or for local businessman Edward Burkhardt. All except one of the buildings utilize structural ceramic tile and brick construction, which was a relatively new practice at the time. District boundaries include Lots 1-3 of the "Subdivision of the Lena Burkhardt Estate," which is also the remaining core of the Edward Burkhardt estate. The houses occupy the east part of the district. They are one and one-half story brick Bungalows, built in 1926 from the same plans, with nearly identical finishes. The house at 16666 Chesterfield Airport Road is closest to the bank; it has two ceramic tile and brick outbuildings, which were both built at the same time as the house. The second house, at 16662 Chesterfield Airport Road, has one tile and brick garage, built ca.1929, which is also contributing. The houses and their outbuildings, five buildings in all, are all highly intact inside and out, and are contributing buildings. The commercial building is the Farmers State Bank of Chesterfield, which was built in 1914. The bank building was individually listed in the National Register on August 20,1999. A small one story garage behind the bank has been newly remodeled, and was a non-contributing resource for that nomination. The bank building appears today much as it did when new, and is in excellent condition. Although the bank is an important element of the Burkhardt Historic District, it is already listed and therefore neither it, nor the garage behind it, is included in the resource count." ~ Living Places
"The Burkhardt Historic District sits at the intersection of two busy roads, in a largely commercial area. Baxter Road, which is just west of the district, is a newly constructed' arterial street. The land immediately west of that street slopes up from the roadway, and is undeveloped. The area north of the district, across Chesterfield Airport Road, is primarily commercial. Most buildings on that part of the street are new or substantially remodeled older buildings.
"The area immediately east of the district contains a line of ten modest residences. The houses found there, which are all part of the original Burkhardt Place subdivision, are almost all modest dwellings of about the same age. All except one were built in the 1920s or 1930s, and all of those are of brick and tile construction. The exception is the house which is immediately east of the district boundaries. It is of frame construction, with a new porch, modem siding, and what appear to be newer windows. The other houses on the street exhibit various levels of integrity; some have seen significant changes, many others are largely intact Several of those houses were nearly identical when new; four of them utilize a distinctive side gabled form, and three others use a plan which features a hipped roof and recessed front porch.
"The Burkhardt Historic District encompasses the three lots shown in the "Subdivision of the Lena Burkhardt Estate", which was platted in 1947. The three lots also represent the intact core of the Edward Burkhardt' s estate, which originally extended west of the bank
building as well. The land west of the bank is now covered by Baxter Road and its right of way. That area must have been sold separately in 1947 or before, as it is not even assigned a lot number in the 1947 plat The three lots which were included in the subdivision appear today much as they did when the plat was filed. Lot 1 contains the bank and garage, and Lots 2 and 3 each have a single family brick bungalow.
"All of the buildings in the district sit on level ground; the land rises steeply to a wooded hillside just south of the outbuildings. The buildings found there today date from 1914 to around 1931. All
five of the buildings to be counted in this nomination are highly intact, and all are contributing resources. The bungalows, the small residence, and one of the garages were all built as a single
construction project in 1926. The second garage was added shortly after, probably around 1929. The houses are bungalows with Craftsman styling, and are representative examples of that popular house
type. The outbuildings are similar to the houses in construction methods and detailing, and are immediately recognizable to their period of construction. Lot 1 of the district, which contains the large Late Victorian style bank building, has already been listed in the National Register, in the areas of Architecture and Commerce. The bank building was a contributing resource in that nomination; a 1931 concrete block garage to the rear was a non-contributing resource. Neither is included in the resource count for the Burkhardt Historic District." ~ NRHP Nomination Form