Circa 1879

From 1870 to 1998, this property passed through a series of owners and residents in changing household and tax records. In 1870, H. Bloebaum owned a 70 by 150 foot lot valued at $750 and paid $3.75 in special tax and $1.81¼ in sinking tax. By 1894, John Wilke owned a 70 by 140 foot lot valued at $650 and paid $3.25 in taxes. In 1906, William and Tillie Kansteiner owned the property, and William worked as a carrier for the U.S. Post Office. From 1910 to 1934, J.F. Droste, also known as Fred J. Droste, lived there with his wife Mary, and Fred was a farmer. In 1923, the lot measured 75 by 150 feet, was valued at $3,450, and tax payments included $12.08 to a General Tax fund, $0.35 for Water Works, $0.69 for PS Bond Tax, $2.76 for a Public Bond Fund Tax, $3.45 for a Park Fund, and $0.69 for a Fire Equipment Food Tax, while another General Tax Fund payment of $13.50 was also recorded along with $0.30 to Water Works, $0.60 for PS Bond Tax, $1.50 for Public Park Bond Fund Tax, $5.00 to the Park Fund, and 50.60 for the Fire Equipment Fund Tax. From 1938 to 1967, Gustave "Gus" W. and Alma Droste and Julius H. Droste lived at the residence; Alma at one time worked as a seamstress, and Gus and Julius worked at American Car and Foundry Company, where Alma later also worked, before Gus retired in 1967. Robert W. Whitelock lived in the home in 1971, Milan Hamilton occupied it in 1972, Alan and Sue Mitchell lived there from 1975 to 1977, Charles and Susan Bridges occupied it from 1979 to 1987, and Mark D. and Sherry A. Mier lived in the home in 1998.

St. Charles, Missouri · United States