The George Pasfield, Sr. House was constructed in 1844 and demolished in 1917. This house was situated at the present location of the West Jackson Parkway turn-about.
Electric trolleys of this type had succeeded the earlier horse-drawn ones by the turn-of-the-century. They did a steady business on the weekends transporting local residents to parks on the edge of town.
Lawrence Avenue in 1907, looking east from West Grand Avenue (MacArthur). Note the substantial Queen Anne dwellings at the far side of the field. The cupola of the Hay-Edwards School, at the corner of Lawrence and Pasfield, appears just above the tree line in the background.
The Henry Dirksen House is representative of the Queen Anne dwellings erected in the West Side Capitol Neighborhood between 1885 and 1910. This particular house appears to date to 1896-1898.
Dutch Colonial Revival-style home advertised in the 1906 publication Practical Bungalows and Cottages for Town and Country. This house, with its cross-gambrel roof, is similar to three Dutch Colonial Revival houses documented in the West Side Capitol Neighborhood that were constructed circa 1900-1910.
The John Bradford House at 619 South Walnut Street. Although outside of the West Side Capitol Neighborhood proper, this house is indicative of the early upper-income housing in the neighborhood. This site is now occupied by Westminster Presbyterian Church.
The Edwards School at the northeast corner of Edwards and Spring Streets. Established in 1856, this was the first elementary school in the wider West Side Capitol Neighborhood, and serves as an excellent example of institutional Greek Revival architecture.
