Sister Cities Cajun

Our chef is from well south of NOLA. This is why we take pride in showcasing the differences between Cajun and Creole food.

Our building was built in 1887 by Paul Oehler and is listed with the National Register Of Historic Places.

"The buildings are significant for

their association with Paul Oehler Brick Company, hand-made brick-manufacturer that began

operation in St. Louis in 1863. Oehler's business was typical of the small manufactories

primarily operated by skilled immigrant-craftsmen that dominated the brick industry until the last

decades of the 1 9th century.' Brick-makers like Oehler were the last generation to use a

manufacturing method that was wiped out by the machine-made brick industry by the early 20th

century. Machine-made brick enjoyed great success in St. Louis and by 1890, the city had

become the greatest brick-manufacturing city in the world. While the nominated buildings were

not part of Oehler's brick-making operation, they are the only known remaining bluildings

constructed with hand-made brick from the company. In addition, they represent the Oehler

family's evolving commercial strategy. As traditional brick-makers were being threatened by the

success of the new method of manufacturing, the Oehlers built the nominated buildings as rental

properties. The building at 3548 South Broadway was built in 1887 by Paul Oehler in a

successhl bid to reduce the family's reliance on income from their ailing brickyard. The

buildings at 3542-46 South Broadway were built by Paul's wife Franziska in 1891 (immediately

following her husband's death) while preparations to close the brickyard were undler way. The

latter buildings were apparently built using the last bricks that Paul manufactured. The

contiguous group consists of a three-story corner commercial building and a three-story, threesection

residential row constructed in the Second Empire style. The buildings reflect their

historic appearance. The period of significance, 1887 and 189 1, reflect the constn~ctiond ates of

the buildings."