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By 1841–42, Julia Soulard had donated to the City of St. Louis two city blocks to be the farmers market which was then known as Soulard Market with the condition that it would remain a public marketplace. [1] [3] [5] [7] In 1845, Julia Soulard died, and in 1854, the city owned the property of the market. [5] [6]
Soulard (/ ˈ s u l ɑːr d / SOO-lard) is a historic neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the home of Soulard Farmers Market , the oldest farmers' market west of the Mississippi River . Soulard is one of ten certified local historic districts in the city of St. Louis.
Soulard died in St. Louis on March 10, 1825, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Soulard neighborhood and Soulard Farmers Market in St. Louis are named for the Soulard family.
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The streets of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and the surrounding area of Greater St. Louis are under the jurisdiction of the City of St. Louis Street Department [citation needed]. According to the department's Streets Division, there are 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of streets and 600 miles (970 km) of alleys within the city.
For example, Downtown St. Louis is generally thought to include the St. Louis Union Station and Enterprise Center, even though Downtown technically ends at Tucker Avenue (12th Street). Additionally, the Fox Theatre and Powell Symphony Hall are popularly considered a part of Midtown St. Louis even though they are in Grand Center.
In 1971 the church building and six ancillary buildings were designated a City Landmark in St. Louis and they were listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [4] The parish was closed in 2005, but the church building has remained active as a chapel. [5]
[2] [3] Julia Cérre Soulard had an older sister, Marie Therese, who married Auguste Chouteau, the founder of St. Louis. [4] [5] Her father moved to St. Louis in 1779 or 1780, some fifteen years after St. Louis was founded and some time after he had taken possession of a significant amount of property in the region.