Cracker Castle

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Title: Cracker Castle
Creator(s): Boehl, Emil, 1839-1919
Date: 1870
Content Type: picture
Subject(s): Sharp, Fidelio C.
Pierce, Jonathan O.
Buildings
Geographic Area: Saint Louis (Mo.)
Time Period: 1870-1879
Description: 20x16 in photograph of the Cracker Castle at the corner of St. Ange and Chouteau in 1870. The house was built in 1868 for Jonathan O. Pierce, who gained his wealth through the selling of hardtack during the Civil War. Within a few years, the home was sold to Fidelio C. Sharp, a lawyer and partner in the firm of Sharp & Broadhead.
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