A circa-1927 suite of five original photographs, each on mounts bearing stamps of photographer Charles Trefts (1887-1963), of the Frank M. Mayfield House, a sprawling Tudor Revival home built by architects Maritz and Young in the then-emergent west St. Louis County suburb of Ladue. 

The home sits at the corner of McKnight and Dromara Roads and was built for Mayfield, president of a local department store in about 1926. An historic buildings survey of Ladue done in 1987 called the House, "[...] one of the largest and most picturesque [...]" designed by the firm, which built about 100 homes for the St. Louis elite during the first part of the 20th Century, establishing an enduring definition of affluence in the region's most exclusive suburban enclaves.

Washington University holds a substantial archive of material on the firm, which includes at least a few dozen photographs, though similar material seldom appears in commerce. Trefts was a commercial photographer active in St. Louis from about 1903-1963 and the State Historical Society of Missouri holds his archive.

TREFTS, Charles (photographer) : [Architecture]. [Photographs of a Stone Tudor Revival Home by Maritz and Young]. [St. Louis, Missouri]: [Maritz and Young, Architects], [ca. 1927]. Five black and white photographs. Each approximately 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" silver gelatin prints laid down on 11" x 14" thin card mounts. Mounts each with the photographer's embossing mark to lower corner. Mounts with varied edge loss, mild handling wear. Prints each about near fine.