a block north of chase on sumner street , four matching red-brick buildings of two stories each house , in west-east order , the french landing public library ; the offices of patrick j. skarda , m.d. , the local general practitioner , and bell and holland , a two-man law firm now run by garland bell and julius holland , the sons of its founders ; the heartfield and son funeral home , now owned by a vast , funereal empire centered in st. louis ; and the french landing post office .