WEDDING BELLS
At high noon in the story book village of Elsah, Illinois, on Wednesday, October 12, 1883 Miss Ada Ames became the wife of Henry S. Turner, marking the union of two wealthy, philanthropic families of St. Louis. The wedding took place at Notch Place, the country estate of the bride's mother, Mrs. Lucy V. Semple Ames.
The home sits atop one of the highest palisades on the Mississippi. It presents a perfect picture of a baronial castle of olden times, with its little village nestling in the valley below. The small stone cottages that line the crooked lanes seem to have been brought over from the Rhineland.
100 guests had boarded the fine Spread Eagle at the foot of Washington Street. Just before they reached their destination they passed the confluence of the great rivers; the Missouri and the Mississippi. At Elsah Landing, carriages awaited to carry guests up the hill over a fine, forested road, dotted with small, rustic bridges. The house is built of rough-hew limestone. All of its singular first floor rooms were thrown open to the guests. The wedding was performed by Rev. Father Meyer, President of St. Louis University. Having been elegantly provided for, the guests enjoyed an elaborate breakfast, then boarded the Spread Eagle for their return to St. Louis to 7:00 am.
The bride and groom went immediately to their new home, #2308 Lucas Place.
At high noon in the story book village of Elsah, Illinois, on Wednesday, October 12, 1883 Miss Ada Ames became the wife of Henry S. Turner, marking the union of two wealthy, philanthropic families of St. Louis. The wedding took place at Notch Place, the country estate of the bride's mother, Mrs. Lucy V. Semple Ames.
The home sits atop one of the highest palisades on the Mississippi. It presents a perfect picture of a baronial castle of olden times, with its little village nestling in the valley below. The small stone cottages that line the crooked lanes seem to have been brought over from the Rhineland.
100 guests had boarded the fine Spread Eagle at the foot of Washington Street. Just before they reached their destination they passed the confluence of the great rivers; the Missouri and the Mississippi. At Elsah Landing, carriages awaited to carry guests up the hill over a fine, forested road, dotted with small, rustic bridges. The house is built of rough-hew limestone. All of its singular first floor rooms were thrown open to the guests. The wedding was performed by Rev. Father Meyer, President of St. Louis University. Having been elegantly provided for, the guests enjoyed an elaborate breakfast, then boarded the Spread Eagle for their return to St. Louis to 7:00 am.
The bride and groom went immediately to their new home, #2308 Lucas Place.
WEDDING BELLS
At high noon in the story book village of Elsah, Illinois, on Wednesday, October 12, 1883 Miss Ada Ames became the wife of Henry S. Turner, marking the union of two wealthy, philanthropic families of St. Louis. The wedding took place at Notch Place, the country estate of the bride's mother, Mrs. Lucy V. Semple Ames.
The home sits atop one of the highest palisades on the Mississippi. It presents a perfect picture of a baronial castle of olden times, with its little village nestling in the valley below. The small stone cottages that line the crooked lanes seem to have been brought over from the Rhineland.
100 guests had boarded the fine Spread Eagle at the foot of Washington Street. Just before they reached their destination they passed the confluence of the great rivers; the Missouri and the Mississippi. At Elsah Landing, carriages awaited to carry guests up the hill over a fine, forested road, dotted with small, rustic bridges. The house is built of rough-hew limestone. All of its singular first floor rooms were thrown open to the guests. The wedding was performed by Rev. Father Meyer, President of St. Louis University. Having been elegantly provided for, the guests enjoyed an elaborate breakfast, then boarded the Spread Eagle for their return to St. Louis to 7:00 am.
The bride and groom went immediately to their new home, #2308 Lucas Place.
At high noon in the story book village of Elsah, Illinois, on Wednesday, October 12, 1883 Miss Ada Ames became the wife of Henry S. Turner, marking the union of two wealthy, philanthropic families of St. Louis. The wedding took place at Notch Place, the country estate of the bride's mother, Mrs. Lucy V. Semple Ames.
The home sits atop one of the highest palisades on the Mississippi. It presents a perfect picture of a baronial castle of olden times, with its little village nestling in the valley below. The small stone cottages that line the crooked lanes seem to have been brought over from the Rhineland.
100 guests had boarded the fine Spread Eagle at the foot of Washington Street. Just before they reached their destination they passed the confluence of the great rivers; the Missouri and the Mississippi. At Elsah Landing, carriages awaited to carry guests up the hill over a fine, forested road, dotted with small, rustic bridges. The house is built of rough-hew limestone. All of its singular first floor rooms were thrown open to the guests. The wedding was performed by Rev. Father Meyer, President of St. Louis University. Having been elegantly provided for, the guests enjoyed an elaborate breakfast, then boarded the Spread Eagle for their return to St. Louis to 7:00 am.
The bride and groom went immediately to their new home, #2308 Lucas Place.
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