Contractor transforms condemned, fire-damaged house into modern home
Originally built in 1908, the brick home was dilapidated with its back third falling in and half the roof missing.
At home: Tim Swider and his lofty creation in Gravois Park
Brick by scavenged brick, Tim Swider rebuilt a typical St.Louis 1908 city single-story-with-a-cellar home in Gravois Park, photographed on Wednesday March 19, 2025, into a taller, modern, two-level lo ...