Description
Title: Webster Groves: A Walk Through History
Author: Steve Schoenbeck
Size: 8.5 x 11
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9781681066554
Price: $18.00
This product is listed as a preorder. Books will ship starting April 15, 2026.
People drawn to Webster Groves by Webster University; the Opera Theatre or “the Rep”; the community’s schools, churches, parks, and restaurants; or just passing through have undoubtedly been struck by the charming old houses tucked away on those leafy avenues. As the casual observer may suspect, there is history in those homes!
In Webster Groves Walking Tour, you’ll get an introduction to the stories behind the development of one of St. Louis County’s oldest suburbs from author Steve Schoenbeck, a retired attorney and longtime Webster Groves resident. The seven walks detailed in this book cover the length and breadth of the city.
On one of the walks, you’ll see the “old rock building,” the original Webster Academy for Boys that gave a name to the fledgling community; on another, you’ll see the home of the Missouri governor whose election put an end to the notorious Pendergast machine. You’ll see the home built in the mid-19th century by a man who got his start clerking for Robert Campbell on the St. Louis riverfront, you’ll see homes built by the renowned St. Louis architects William S. Eames and Thomas Young, and you’ll see the home on Plant Avenue that Gordon Jenkins left in his late teens to find fame as a Grammy-winning arranger in New York and Hollywood.
AUTHOR
Steve Schoenbeck is a lifelong St. Louisan. Steve and his wife, Patty, moved to Webster Groves in 1974 and have called it home ever since. Steve served on the Webster City Council in the early 1990s. Since then, he has steeped himself in the history of the community. Steve has written law journal articles for publication and contributed numerous articles on Webster history to the Neighbors of Webster Groves and to the newsletters and the Quarterly of the Webster Groves Historical Society.
