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National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis (133 listings) National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis north and west of downtown (191 listings) National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis south and west of downtown (115 listings)
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, north of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis. For listings in Downtown St. Louis, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis.
View of the Eads Bridge under construction in 1870, listed as a St. Louis Landmark and National Historic Landmark St. Louis Landmark is a designation of the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis for historic buildings and other sites in St. Louis, Missouri. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, such as whether the site is a cultural resource, near a cultural ...
The park was 76 acres (0.31 km 2) at its opening in 1975, but did not attract many visitors until a year later, when St. Louis sculptor Ernest Trova donated about 40 pieces of his work to the park. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] It soon became a popular tourist attraction, and received an additional 20 acres (0.081 km 2 ) from the Friends of Laumeier. [ 5 ]
Cementland, St. Louis, outdoor sculpture park, future uncertain since death of creator in 2011; Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, St. Louis, closed in 2008 [3] International Bowling Museum, St. Louis, moved to Arlington, Texas in 2010; National Video Game and Coin-Op Museum, St. Louis, closed in 1999 [4] St. Louis Museum
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, Jewel Box, Saint Louis Zoo, McDonnell Planetarium, and the Muny are all located in Forest Park, the city's premiere park. The City Museum has a collection of re-purposed architectural and industrial objects constituting a multistory play-land.
Among the largest municipal parks is Forest Park, which is 1,293 acres (5.2 km 2) and is located in the city of St. Louis, although both Greensfelder County Park and Creve Coeur Park in St. Louis County are larger, at 1,646 and 2,114 acres (6.7 and 8.6 km 2) respectively. St.
Beginning in 1907 and 1915 respectively, the St. Louis Art Museum and the St. Louis Zoo were both publicly funded by property taxes paid by residents of St. Louis City. Zoo chairman Howard Baer and his successor, Circuit Judge Thomas F. McGuire, worked with their supporters to secure the statute to establish the district. H.B. 23 authorized a ...