Carr Lane School

One of the first purpose-built public school buildings in St. Louis, constructed in 1870 and named for William Carr Lane, the city's first mayor. Its architect is unknown, but it was nearly identical to the Carondelet School of 1871 and almost certainly by the same hand, with Neoclassical details including a dentillated cornice and temple-pediment roofline.

Carr Lane School served the dense, historically Irish American neighborhood around St. Bridget of Erin Roman Catholic Church, near Jefferson and Carr in the Carr Square area. The neighborhood's residential fabric was largely destroyed by the construction of Pruitt-Igoe and other urban renewal projects. By the time of the Landmarks Association of St. Louis' 1988 survey of early school buildings, Carr Lane School was abandoned and dilapidated. Though marked for residential redevelopment at the time, it was instead demolished — the exact year is unconfirmed — leaving a vacant lot that remained undeveloped as of 2018. The name survives in Carr Lane Visual & Performing Arts Middle School at 1004 N Jefferson Ave, a modern building. Note: this is a different building from the extant 1909 Carr School (William B. Ittner) at 1421 Carr St.