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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.
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 ...
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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.
Benton Park in the neighborhood of the same name, May 2018. Benton Park is a neighborhood in southside St. Louis, Missouri, just west of the Soulard neighborhood. The official boundaries of the area are Gravois Avenue on the north, Cherokee Street on the south, I-55 on the east, and Jefferson Avenue on the west. [2]