Snow covers the lawn next to The John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. The U.S. Handball Center purchased the house and is planning to preserve the history, while creating a hub for the sport of handball.
Brandon Muir, community outreach director of the U.S. Handball Center, looks around a room at the John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. "We want to preserve it but also use it as it is, adaptive reuse is the goal," Muir said.
Liz Rymarev, Post-Dispatch
The barn behind the John B. Myers House sits vacant in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. The house and the barn were purchased by the U.S. Handball Center next door, and they plan to renovate the barn to become a gathering center as handball tournaments come to the Center, while preserving the original structure and layout of the barn.
Jeff Streibig, left, president of the 51ºÚÁÏ Handball Club, and Brandon Muir, center, community outreach director with the U.S. Handball center, welcome in and talk with visitors part of a walking tour at the John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. While Muir and Streibig are unsure what their plans are for the house exactly, they know the preservation of the house is their main goal.
Brandon Muir, community outreach director at the U.S. Handball Center, look out onto interstates 270 and 170 from the widow's walk atop the John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Along with the barn and the handball center, Muir and others in the handball community want to create a space and hub for handball, while preserving the history of the house. "This is a community treasure," Muir said.
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Snow covers the lawn next to The John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. The U.S. Handball Center purchased the house and is planning to preserve the history, while creating a hub for the sport of handball.
Brandon Muir, community outreach director of the U.S. Handball Center, looks around a room at the John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. "We want to preserve it but also use it as it is, adaptive reuse is the goal," Muir said.
The barn behind the John B. Myers House sits vacant in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. The house and the barn were purchased by the U.S. Handball Center next door, and they plan to renovate the barn to become a gathering center as handball tournaments come to the Center, while preserving the original structure and layout of the barn.
Jeff Streibig, left, president of the 51ºÚÁÏ Handball Club, and Brandon Muir, center, community outreach director with the U.S. Handball center, welcome in and talk with visitors part of a walking tour at the John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. While Muir and Streibig are unsure what their plans are for the house exactly, they know the preservation of the house is their main goal.
Brandon Muir, community outreach director at the U.S. Handball Center, look out onto interstates 270 and 170 from the widow's walk atop the John B. Myers House in Florissant on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Along with the barn and the handball center, Muir and others in the handball community want to create a space and hub for handball, while preserving the history of the house. "This is a community treasure," Muir said.
