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Mill Creek Valley was a historic neighborhood located in the central corridor between 20th Street and Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] European settlement began in the 18th century with mills established along La Petite Rivière, now known as Mill Creek. It became an industrial and railroad center in the 19th century.
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, south 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.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together on an online map.
[193] [194] St. Louis produced several notable soldiers in the war, including Edward O'Hare, who grew up in St. Louis and won the Medal of Honor for combat in the Pacific. [195] St. Louis also was home to Wendell O. Pruitt , an African-American pilot who shot down three enemy aircraft and destroyed multiple ground targets in June 1944.
Kathy Ross, president of the De Soto Kansas Historical Society, displays early photos of the Sunflower Village housing complex, built in 1943 to house workers at the Sunflower Ordnance Works.
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is a 9.65-acre (3.91 ha) United States National Historic Site located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, within the municipality of Grantwood Village, Missouri.
The Missouri Historical Society was founded in St. Louis on August 11, 1866. [1] Founding members created the historical society "for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state". [2] [3]
It was built about 1850 and operated as a school until 1967. In 1969, the building was occupied by the local Grange and now also houses the Java Historical Society Museum, [2] a local history museum that is open by appointment. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]