Stan Musial hit three home runs in three consecutive at-bats in a 15-1 victory vs. the Mets in New York. Musial had hit a home run in his last at-bat on the prior day, resulting in four consecutive home runs over two days. — — Map (db m133346) HM
Billy Davis, Jr., Ron Townson and Lamonte McLemore were raised in St. Louis and later moved to Los Angeles. They met singers, Marilyn McCoo and Florence LaRue, and in 1965, formed the group The 5th Dimension. This quintet with varied vocal . . . — — Map (db m217458) HM
St. Louis-born singers Billy Davis, Jr., Lamonte McLemore and Ron Townson joined with Marilyn McCoo and Florence LaRue to create the lush "Champagne Soul" sound of the 5th Dimension. The group's first top ten hits "Up, Up and Away" (1967) and . . . — — Map (db m147810) HM
Bob Gibson won his 7th consecutive World Series game, a streak that started in Game One of the 1964 World Series. He soundly defeated the Detroit Tigers in Game Four by a score of 10-1 but his streak ended when he was defeated in Game Seven 4-1, by . . . — — Map (db m133385) HM
Dedicated as St. Paul's Evangelical Church, the building was destroyed by the Great Cyclone of 18896, then rebuilt and rededicated in 1897. The church became Holy Trinity Slovak Catholic in 1924. Sold by the Archdiocese in 1990, the building became . . . — — Map (db m215649) HM
Mark McGwire finished a historic season by hitting his record-setting 70th home run. The race for the record between McGwire and Sammy Sosa (66 HR) of the Chicago Cubs brought many fans back to baseball after the 1994 players strike. — — Map (db m133425) HM
President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch before the American League defeated the National League 4-3, Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford won MVP honors after his leaping catch over the wall made the difference in the game. — — Map (db m151825) HM
The Cardinals established a new club record with 106 wins. Known for their speed, the "Swifties" swept a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs on the final day of the season to finish two games ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers and claim the National . . . — — Map (db m151985) HM
Mark McGwire blasted his 500th career home off Andy Ashby of the San Diego Padres. The Cardinals presented McGwire with a small statue to mark the occasion in a ceremony at home following the game. — — Map (db m150820) HM
Help us rebuild the 1876 Lafayette Park Music Pavilion
In 1876, over eight thousand people assembled in Lafayette Park for the inauguration of the Lafayette Park Music Pavillion. A thirty piece band entertained the crowd. The bandstand remained . . . — — Map (db m140055) HM
This home was built when the Central Pacific Railroad was laying tracks across the mountains and valleys from the West and the Union Pacific Railroad was laying tracks coming from the east to build the transcontinental railroad. The home was one . . . — — Map (db m133194) HM
The men who used to come home to the town house to your right and to the one that stood on this vacant lot had faced difficult choices when the United States entered World War I in the spring of 1917.
Julius Dittmaier was the 21-year-old son of . . . — — Map (db m133198) HM
Victorian town houses like this one were built to serve as large, single family homes, but could easily be divided into two or three apartments. This flexible design allowed grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins to have their own apartments . . . — — Map (db m307548) HM
St. Louisans were taking up the new American pastime of bicycling when this storefront was built in 1888. They were reading Walt Whitman's poems in the Leaves of Grass and learning about Theodore Roosevelt's western experiences in Ranch . . . — — Map (db m124509) HM
May - In response to enabling legislation passed during the 1989 Missouri General Assembly session, the project's governmental sponsors (State of Missouri, St. Louis County, and The City of St. Louis) appointed 11 Commissioners, formally . . . — — Map (db m142042) HM
Necessary financing was obtained through the issuance of three series of bonds totaling $258,670,000, at the time, the largest publicly financed project in the State of Missouri.
The conceptual design for this facility was accomplished and . . . — — Map (db m142044) HM
The design of the major building systems was completed. The systems include:
1.7 million square feet of finished space
two 726-foot north-south roof trusses and five 600-foot east-west roof trusses
moveable overhead light grid
. . . — — Map (db m142045) HM
January - Site preparation and final design were completed.
March - Construction began of the foundation, anchored by 585 piers drilled into bedrock to provide maximum structural stability.
May-July - Bids were received and contracts were . . . — — Map (db m141887) HM
A Workforce Diversity Program was developed with the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists to promote the employment of female and minority workers on the project.
Negotiations were begun to relocate the National Football League Los Angeles Rams . . . — — Map (db m141884) HM
The Authority entered into a Relocation Agreement with the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, Football at the New Stadium, Inc., and the Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc., for the Rams to relocate to St. Louis.
Nearly 1.6 . . . — — Map (db m141847) HM
The new facility receive its permanent occupancy permit for all events from the City of St. Louis after it passed all required safety inspections.
The operations of the domed stadium and convention center expansion were turned over to the St. . . . — — Map (db m141844) HM
The St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority voted unanimously to dedicate the park area in honor of Authority Chairman Robert J. Baer.
All construction contracts associated with the project were closed out, with no . . . — — Map (db m141842) HM
One-third of the American workforce was unemployed. In January of 1933, anxiety about the economy led to panicked withdrawals from the banks. The anxiety grew into frenzy, and the withdrawals turned into a run on the banks. Banks all over St. . . . — — Map (db m124506) HM
There were 10,000 moving picture theaters in the United States in 1909. Half of Americans attended a movie at least once each week, and in some places Americans would pay as much as ten cents admission to see this new form of entertainment. . . . — — Map (db m124505) HM
At the dawn of the 20th century, kings, an emperor, a tsar, and a kaiser ruled Europe. Ohio Republican William McKinley was President of the United States. Henry Ziegenhein of 3321 DeMenil Place was Mayor of the City of St. Louis. The population of . . . — — Map (db m196097) HM
Dr. Richard Kring moved his medical office and pharmacy to this building in 1930. While Kring, who had lived and worked for years in the Soulard neighborhood, was the American-born son of German immigrants, many of his neighbors on Cherokee Street . . . — — Map (db m124502) HM
August Hoffman built this handsome, two and a half story town house in 1893. The 45 year-old German immigrant was a bookbinder by profession. He was one of the many tradesmen who took great care to build well designed and crafted homes in South . . . — — Map (db m124486) HM
The United States was expanding, with the new states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Montana admitted to the Union in 1889. That year, German immigrant George Jost was constructing this combination of storefronts and apartments. Only . . . — — Map (db m124477) HM
Following the Civil War, German teenager Charles Zimmermann came to America. He settled in St. Louis and learned the trade of a butcher.
In 1881, Zimmerman built a small combination home and store on this block. Though the estimated cost of . . . — — Map (db m124476) HM
It was the Roaring Twenties--with a roller coaster economy, women's skirts getting shorter and shorter, Prohibition was the law, but illegal booze could be found on almost every block -- when these storefronts at 2315-2319 Cherokee were constructed. . . . — — Map (db m124470) HM
This property - 3 lots, 2 buildings - sold in 1973 for $1.00. October 7, 1837 the City of St. Louis deeded a large tract of land to Francis Cabanne, one of St. Louis' "Founding Fathers." Used as a stable from 1849-1891, it became a carriage factory; . . . — — Map (db m218900) HM
This building, originally known as "Cherokee Livery", was constructed in 1893 for undertaker Paul Buol. The original facade consisted of two large segmental arched bays enclosed with double doors for horse and carriage access. The second story . . . — — Map (db m124466) HM
The double lot where this building sits was purchased July 5, 1867 by Dorothea Rathert from Henry Lipphardt. Rathert occupied a dwelling situated at the rear of the double lot before the present building was constructed. Previous to ordinances . . . — — Map (db m312928) HM
The Vandora Theater was built in 1909 by the Vandora Amusement Company, and designed by architect Otto J. Boehmer. Boehmer, who was born in Warren County, Missouri in 1858, started his career at the building firm of Joseph B. Goesse & Frederick . . . — — Map (db m124464) HM
The original building constructed as a dwelling circa 1883, received several layers of additions as the years progressed. The Bogard family first inhabited the home and lived at this address for over twenty years. Musical instrument manufacture, . . . — — Map (db m124462) HM
The unimproved property located at this corner was purchased by brothers, Harry and Eugene Freund during the Spring of 1909. Three days later, the Freund's were granted a building permit to construct a one-story brick odeon designed by William . . . — — Map (db m124461) HM
Henry Becker was hired in 1895 by H.E. Pfeifer to construct a two story dwelling and store. Becker had recently completed a building employing similar stylistic elements for Jeremiah Thompson at the northwest corner of Cherokee and Oregon. After . . . — — Map (db m124456) HM
Designed by architect O. J. Popp, 2730-34 Cherokee Street was constructed in 1921 on land purchased by Harry and Bertha Horowitz from the St. Louis Brewing Association. In 1922 Levy Shoe Store and Walter J. Wolf's ladies' clothing store became . . . — — Map (db m124455) HM
The Cinderella Building, designed by architect William Wedemeyer was constructed by contractors Joseph G. Bothe and Charles A Welsh in 1913. The property where the building stands was purchased from the Besch family by Harry and Eugene Freund a year . . . — — Map (db m124454) HM
On December 6, 1935, Edward A. Vanderventer was granted a permit to demolish a one-story brick residence on this lot. The razed building was one of five identical single story brick residences constructed by John B. Westermeyer in 1892. These . . . — — Map (db m124452) HM
On this site in 1891 John B. Westermeyer built five, one-story brick houses, identical to the houses he built across the street in 1892 and just to the west of here on Cherokee Street the same year. Most of the houses on this side of the block were . . . — — Map (db m124451) HM
This block, from the alley to the east and Oregon Avenue to the west, was fronted with five one story brick homes. These residences were constructed for John B. Westermeyer in 1891 for speculative purposes. During the Spring of 1924, Harry Mass . . . — — Map (db m124450) HM
This commercial and residential building was built in 1895 by owner Jeremiah Thompson and building contractor H.R. Becker. Throughout the 1890s Thompson used the space for his butcher shop, while residing on McNair Avenue. In 1911 George W. Starke . . . — — Map (db m124449) HM
The present building was originally constructed as a dwelling in the Fall of 1893 for Gertrude Muller. During the turn of the twentieth century this city block facing Cherokee Street was largely residential. Once a street car line was established on . . . — — Map (db m196102) HM
2846, 2848 and 2850 Cherokee Street were originally constructed as three of a group of five freestanding houses built by John B. Westermeyer in 1891. Two long time residents and later owners of the building were Bertha and Montefiore Montague. . . . — — Map (db m312930) HM
Lou Brock earned the 3,000th hit of his career with a single off Dennis Lamp of the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium. The Cubs were the team that originally traded Brock to the Cardinals in 1964. — — Map (db m133397) HM
Stan Musial collected his 3,000th hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky with a pinch-hit RBI double into the left field corner at Wrigley field. The Cardinals went on to win 5-3. — — Map (db m133345) HM
Bob Gibson became only the second pitcher in Major League Baseball history to strike out 3,000 batters. Cesar Geronimo of the Reds also became Nolan Ryan's 3,000th victim six years later. — — Map (db m133391) HM
Constructed by Pelligreen Construction. Henry Hackman Hardware opened for business here just after the building's construction. The first business to occupy the corner storefront at Grand and Arsenal was the popular Sebastian's Candies & Ice Cream . . . — — Map (db m124432) HM
Designed by the architectural firm of Eames and Young, whose work also includes the Palace of Education at the 1904 World's Fair, buildings at Cupples Station, the Masonic Temple on Lindell, and the Marquette Building. Home to the first theater in . . . — — Map (db m124431) HM
Designed by Leo Rottler for the Kleekamp Bros. Piano Co. which occupied the first floor storefront. The second and third floors contained Kleekamp's Hall, which served as a performance space for music students and a venue for community meetings. — — Map (db m124430) HM
Constructed by Henry Brocker based on designs by the architectural firm of Matthews & Clarke. Known as "The Rain Stick" building because of its first occupant, Louis Onimus' umbrella business. In the 1940s and 1950s, the building housed a Kroger . . . — — Map (db m124429) HM
Constructed for baker Henry Mausshardt by William Gruenwald. A succession of other bakers used the space until the late 1990s. The building was also occupied by pharmacist Jacob Scheu who opened a drug store here shortly after the building's . . . — — Map (db m124433) HM
Designed by William Lucas and constructed by William Gruenwald. The first restaurant located here was a delicatessen owned by German immigrant Hieronymus Bernhard. The second floor of the building was occupied by a mix of residents and commercial . . . — — Map (db m124436) HM
Constructed by H. Hess. This building originally housed two different storefronts, evident in the angled entrances at its northeast and southeast corners. It was the original home of Tower Grove Bank, which opened the year the building was completed. — — Map (db m169560) HM
Constructed by a builder named Eicholz, this is the oldest building within the district. Originally constructed as a four-family flat it was later converted into two commercial spaces on its ground floor. Home to Haun Oyster & Ice Cream during the . . . — — Map (db m124437) HM
Designed by the architectural firm of Wessbecher & Hillebrand and constructed for Bloemker & Son, Embalmers and Undertakers. The garage at the rear of this building was used for storage and possibly as the company's embalming parlor. — — Map (db m124438) HM
Constructed by George Moeller and designed by noted architect Otto Wilhelmi (who also designed the nearby Strassberger Conservancy and multiple prominent homes in Compton Heights). Some of the businesses that once operated here include The Blue Bird . . . — — Map (db m169559) HM
Designed by architect W.A. Lucas. This building's original tenant was a barbershop and has remained the same for over 110 years. — — Map (db m124439) HM
Constructed by William Schmidt. This two-story building was home to Herman Koenig's tailoring, cleaning and dyeing business, Joseph Elke's Tire Company, Tevis Radio & Appliance and the original location of Pho Grand Restaurant. "H. Koenig" is still . . . — — Map (db m124440) HM
Constructed by Chapman Realty and Construction Co. and designed by architect Oscar Greishorn. This building features terra cotta cornice ornamentation in the shape of lions' heads. Orpheum Cleaners has been a neighborhood landmark here since the . . . — — Map (db m124441) HM
Constructed by Ernest J. Lay and based upon the design of architect William F. Holtman. The first occupant was German-born baker John. H. Waldeck. — — Map (db m124442) HM
Constructed by B.J. Charleville and based on plans by prominent architect Preston J. Bradshaw, whose better known commissions include The Chase Hotel, the Coronado Hotel, the Mayfair Hotel, and the Paul Brown Building. — — Map (db m124443) HM
Designed by architect Leo Rottler and constructed by Ernest J. Lay and Sons. This building was the first home of Jay International Foods in the 1970s. — — Map (db m124444) HM
Designed by architect Frank Saum, who in partnership with his brother built and gave his name to the Saum Hotel (1919 S. Grand, now Saum Apartments). The storefront was home to one of several Kroger grocery locations in the district, as well as the . . . — — Map (db m124445) HM
Creole Geminien Beauvais built the largest house in this elegant enclave on this site in the early 1870s.
As a teenager, Beauvais had worked in the lucrative fur trade, a source of seed money for many early 19th century entrepreneurs. . . . — — Map (db m133132) HM
The mysterious Lemp Mansion seems to haunt this street as the house itself is purported to be haunted. The story of this house is inextricably tied to the evocative history of the Lemp Family. In three generations the Lemp family rose from . . . — — Map (db m211828) HM
Robert Vollberg bought this property fronting Jefferson Avenue,
measuring 43 feet wide by 100 feet deep, from his mother during
the summer of 1883. A month after the purchase, he applied for
and received a building permit to construct a two-story . . . — — Map (db m254970) HM
The northeast corner of Cherokee Street and Iowa Avenue was the location of the Cinderella Airdome, which opened in 1921. The Airdome, which was an outdoor theater, was operated by Harry and Eugene Freund. The Freunds had built the Cinderella . . . — — Map (db m124458) HM
The present three story building was designed by August Foell and constructed for Henry W. Heuermann in 1894. Heuermann occupied the north portion as a dry goods store for several years. On January 14, 1908, Heuerman received a permit to remodel . . . — — Map (db m196100) HM
Constructed by Huger & Bueckler based on plans by architect O.J. Krieg. Completed two years before the onset of the Great Depression, this building represents the end of the building boom that resulted in the construction of most of the South Grand . . . — — Map (db m124448) HM
The 1928 Wabash Station was once served by the "Delmar" and "City Limits" streetcar lines, buses, and the Wabash railroad's intercity and commuter trains. When St. Louis decommissioned its Delmar streetcar #10 in 1964, service ended on what is . . . — — Map (db m144364) HM
About This Place
Native Land
This place along the river has been home to many generations of people. For hundreds of years, the Osage Nation, Illinois Confederation, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, and many other Native American Peoples . . . — — Map (db m281908) HM
Abraham Bolden was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. After graduating cum laude from Lincoln University, Missouri, he spent four years as an Illinois State Trooper. In 1961 he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to serve as the First African . . . — — Map (db m214614) HM
Six score and seven years ago
Abraham Lincoln
slept here
In Scott's Hotel on this site
October 27, 1847
En route Washington, D.C.
as an Illinois Congressman — — Map (db m141483) HM
I am threatened with violence and death because I dare to advocate, in any way, the cause of the oppressed And I am prepared to abide the consequences. Elijah P. Lovejoy, 1835
The England Woodland Garden has matured since 1976, when former Curator of Hardy Plants John Elsley brought the idea from his native England to the Missouri Botanical Garden and spurred its development. What started out as a one-and-one-half-acre . . . — — Map (db m219457) HM
St. Louis N.L., 1945-56, 1961-76, 1979-95
New York, N.L., 1956-57
Milwaukee, N.L., 1957-60
Roommate Stan Musial credited him with the "Greatest pair of hands I've ever seen." Sleek, far-ranging second baseman for 18 seasons. Led N.L. in . . . — — Map (db m209872) HM
Albert W. Johnson was born in St. Louis and graduated from Sumner High School. He continued his education and graduated from Lincoln University MO. In 1967 Johnson became the first Black man to own a General Motors franchise. Al Johnson Oldsmobile, . . . — — Map (db m215460) HM
Although the Lehmann Lawn is best known for its early spring crocus display, horticulturists enhanced the real estate in 2014 by adding a host of different bulbs for long-term naturalization. Thousands of bulbous irises, crocuses, fritillaries, . . . — — Map (db m219469) HM
The Cardinals hosted the Major League All-Stars Game in the new Busch Memorial Stadium. With the temperature over 100 degrees, the National League beat the American League 2-1 in 10 innings. — — Map (db m133370) HM
This fountain by the sculptor Carl Milles symbolizes the union of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers · The two central figures represent the two great rivers while the lesser water creatures suggest the many tributaries and streams · Milles . . . — — Map (db m62213) HM
Tom Alston became the first black player for the Cardinals, following in the footsteps of the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, who broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947 after he was signed by former Cardinals General Manager Branch . . . — — Map (db m133342) HM
Founded by Austrian Jesuits for the rapidly expanding German immigrant community on land donated by Mrs. Ann Biddle. Site of a Vatican authenticated miracle 16 March 1864. Home to the Altar of answered prayers 1867. — — Map (db m144369) HM
This is to certify that the
American Elm
described below is the largest
known tree of its species in the
state of Missouri recorded by
Forestry Division,
Missouri Department of Conservation
Species: Ulmus americana
Owner: . . . — — Map (db m62186) HM
Commemorating the establishment of the first Jewish settlement in America at New Amsterdam in 1654
[Rededication plaque from 1989]
Dedicated initially in November 1956, The Lucy and Stanley Lopata Plaza, commemorating the . . . — — Map (db m219544) HM
[Top plaque] Dedicated to American Merchant Marine Seaman and Naval Armed Guard who lost or risked their lives for our country in World War II and all wars of this century and all those American Merchant Marine and Navy Seamen standing by to . . . — — Map (db m254971) WM
The first tenant here wanted offices signifying its metals business. Thus, this 1967 building is clad in stainless steel. Notice, it is the same material as the Gateway Arch!
As stainless steel moves dramatically in hot and cold weather, it is . . . — — Map (db m151978) HM
St. Louis native Andy Cohen, best known as the host and executive producer of "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen," Bravo TV's live late night talk show, also hosted its reunion specials. In his many years running programming at Bravo, he . . . — — Map (db m224298) HM
Annie Turnbo Pope Malone was born in Metropolis, IL. She became one of the wealthiest Black women in the 1930's by developing beauty products for Black women and starting a finance company. She established Poro College and helped found the Annie . . . — — Map (db m218292) HM
This large sculpture portrays King Louie IX of France [1214-70], the namesake of the City of St. Louis, as a Christian soldier. His "apotheosis' or ascendance to the divine realm is suggested by the sword in the form of a cross and the energetic . . . — — Map (db m181257) HM
Parks Commissioner Dwight Davis thought that St. Louisans needed more opportunities for organized recreation. During his tenure, Davis built tennis courts, athletic fields, and a public golf course in Forest Park. — — Map (db m139722) HM
Ernest Trova produced Gox #8 as one of a series of works in the 1970s. Its name comes from the phrase "geometric exercises" reflecting the style of the sculptures. In an interview Trova said of his work, "I'm fascinated by realization. I make . . . — — Map (db m219502) HM
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