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Two other 21st-century proposals to revive streetcar service in the St. Louis area failed: the St. Charles City Streetcar, which would have run an 8-mile (13 km) route from New Town to St. Charles, Missouri; and a proposed 7-mile (11 km) streetcar system to connect Downtown St. Louis to the Central West End, Downtown West, Midtown, and Carr Square.
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 ...
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.
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]
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
The area began to grow residentially in the last years of the century, helped along by the electric streetcars, which began running to the area in 1896. The area was first opened to industrial activity in the 1850s because of the construction of the Pacific Railroad and the mining of clay for fire brick.
1800 – St. Louis becomes part of French Louisiana. [3] 1804 St. Louis becomes part of U.S. territory per Louisiana Purchase. [3] Post Office established. [5] 1805 – St. Louis becomes capital of the U.S. Louisiana Territory. [3] [6] 1808 – Missouri Gazette newspaper begins publication. [7] 1809 Town incorporated. [1] Missouri Fur Company ...