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By the 1830s, St. Louis had grown beyond the ability of many of its residents to walk conveniently throughout the town. [2] In 1838, brief mention is made in historical records of a private horse-drawn cab service in the city, followed in 1843 by the beginning of an omnibus service by entrepreneur Erastus Wells in partnership with an investor named Calvin Case. [2]
Peabody–Darst–Webbe, St. Louis, neighborhood to the east of Lafayette Square; Soulard, St. Louis, nearby area with a large public market; Streetcars in St. Louis, Missouri, an early means of mass transit, to and from Lafayette Square; Tower Grove Park, the large park constructed on private land, now public, a short distance west of ...
Lafayette Square Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Hickory and 18th Sts., Jefferson and Lafayette Aves. in St. Louis, Missouri. Buildings in the district include a department store, a single dwelling, a public park, and a specialty store. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. A ...
The company was founded in 1891 [1] by William Sutton and Emil Alexander, who had previously founded the Laclede Car Company in 1883 also in St. Louis, and had both got their start working in the streetcar business at St. Louis' horsecar manufacturer, the Brownell Car Company. The American Car Company was a builder of electric powered
Lafayette Square remained popular until the 1896 St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado, which killed more than 140 and destroyed dozens of buildings on the square. [60] Although some homes were rebuilt, many residents moved from the area, and by 1918 the area surrounding Lafayette Square was rezoned for commercial use. [60]
Lafayette Square Historic District (Washington, D.C.), listed on the NRHP in Washington, D.C. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lafayette Square Historic District .
Sixth St., are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $7.50 for students and $7 for veterans. Hagen History Center members ...
The history of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1905 to 1980 saw declines in population and economic basis, particularly after World War II.Although St. Louis made civic improvements in the 1920s and enacted pollution controls in the 1930s, suburban growth accelerated and the city population fell dramatically from the 1950s to the 1980s.