ST. LOUIS, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The Missouri house where trumpeter Miles Davis reportedly got sober in the 1950s is in danger of demolition because it lies in the path of a new highway.
The house and connecting farm in Millstadt, Mo., owned at one time by Miles Davis Sr., is where the famous musician is said to have escaped to in 1953 for his cold turkey attempt to beat his heroin addiction, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday.
The property now lies in the possible path of the East-West Gateway Connector highway planned between the Jefferson Barracks Bridge and Troy in the St. Louis area, the Post-Dispatch said.
Davis Sr., a St. Louis dentist, purchased the property in the early 1950s as a second home and raised world-renowned hogs and horses there, current owner William Cunningham said last week at a presentation to the Millstadt Historical Society.
"Dr. Miles was very respectable and they were good neighbors. We visited them often," said Betty Kreher, a neighbor.
