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Charles Keemle compiled and published the first series of directories for St. Louis from 1836 to 1841 known as Keemle's St. Louis Directory They contained residential and business directories, advertising directories, and statistical information related to government officers and services, tariffs, postage rates, insurance carriers, social societies and organizations.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis are compiled in the following lists: 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)
St. Louis becomes part of the new U.S. state of Missouri. City Directory begins publication. [1] [10] 1822 City of St. Louis incorporated. [10] Area of city: 385 acres. [12] 1823 – William Carr Lane becomes mayor. 1825 – Lafayette visits town. [13] 1826 – Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established. [14] 1828 – County Courthouse built.
Erastus Wells Erastus Wells listing in the 1859 St. Louis City Directory Erastus Wells listing in the 1864 St. Louis City Directory. Erastus Wells (December 2, 1823 – October 2, 1893) was a 19th-century politician and businessman from Missouri.
1910 directory page for North Adams Street, Peoria, Illinois. A city directory is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city. It may be arranged alphabetically or geographically or in other ways.
In 2016, St. Louis was the most dangerous city in the United States with populations of 100,000 or more, ranking 1st in violent crime and 2nd in property crime. It was also ranked 6th of the most dangerous of all establishments in the United States, and East St. Louis, a suburb of the city itself, was ranked 1st.
St. Louis City Hall was designed by architects Eckel & Mann, the winners of a national competition. [1] Construction began in 1891 and completed in 1898. Its profile and stylistic characteristics evoke the French Renaissance Hôtel de Ville, Paris , with an elaborate interior decorated with marble and gold trim.