In 1923, the Cherokee Business Association raffled a fully furnished bungalow and garage on 18th Street, complete down to the coal in the bin, a car in the garage, and toothpicks in the pantry, with the drawing held on the night of March 8th at the old Coliseum during the association's "Gymkhana, Frolic, Style Show, Dance and Exposition." The ticket, which also served as admission, advertised a $10,000 bungalow and garage under construction near Cherokee Street with four rooms, a reception hall, tiled bath, sun parlor, basement, hardwood floors, and modern features throughout. George and Tillie Graupner of North St. Louis won and moved to the home at 18th and Cherokee bringing only their clothes and a piano, and they lived there for the rest of their lives. George later joked that he could not move because he had paid only a dollar for it and would have to pay it all in taxes if he sold it. After the Graupners died, their son and daughter-in-law could not sell the house because of redlining, so they rented it for several years until a neighboring business bought it in 1972 to enlarge its warehouse. The bungalow site is now occupied by Mound City Industries, the largest candy and tobacco distributor in the St. Louis area.
