Maloney/Price House
110 W. Courtois Street
Built: circa 1860
Style: Mid 19th century vernacular
Neighborhood: Carondelet
City block: 3129
On 1875 Compton and Dry Map: no
On 1883 Hopkins Atlas: yes
Historical significance: This house was built in about 1860 as a vernacular stone house near the Main Street in Carondelet, which is today’s South Broadway. Not much is recorded in St. Louis City directories of its early history, but it appears on the 1883 Hopkins Atlas, and in the 1883 City Directory, Michael J. Maloney, a shoemaker, is listed at the address. In the early 1890s through the 1910s, Edwin Price, an engineer lived in the stone house with his son, Edwin Jr. and with George Price. The house was an important factor in moving the Anton Schmitt house to South St. Louis Square, across the street, as it provided a similar context to its original site.
Architectural significance: This is one of the roughly 15 stone houses in Carondelet that were constructed by German stonemasons who immigrated to the area in the mid 19th century. It features arched stone window openings and the rough cut quarried limestone that was used in a number of houses in Carondelet. The house is in the same style as the numerous brick vernacular houses from the same time period around the city. It has three symmetrical window bays and a central doorway, much like the houses built at this time in Soulard, Benton Park, and elsewhere in Carondelet.
1980s photo of the stone house