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STREET NAMES
NORTH to SOUTH STREETS in
From East to West
(Begins 6100
North at Christy to 7300 South at
Originated as a natural diagonal
trail from old
(Begins 5000 North at Kingshighway to 5400 South at Gravois ends)
Named
for William Tandy Christy, who founded the firm which
became the Laclede-Christy Fire Brick Company?
The brick company is now the old Venture Store and in the rear is the
(4900 West, begins
at 5200 North on west side at Christy and 5400 North on east side
at Eichelberger to 6339 South at Gravois ends)
The former Rue de Roi or Kingshighway runs along the western
boundary of the Prairie des Noyers Common Field. Along Kingshighway stretched the prairie that
became the cultivating farm fields for the town's inhabitants, the common
ground. It became the main stem of the
(4800 West, begins 5200
North at Eichelberger to South 5235 walkway or
parkway
from Eichelberger facing Christy
Park)
Opened in the 1911, it recognizes the Borough
of Windsor in
(5600 West, begins 5400 North at 5100 Eichelberger
to South ending at
Originally platted in 1871 and named for John B. Brannon, a city deputy sheriff in the 1850s.
(5200 West, begins 5400 North at Eichelberger
to 6634 South ending at Loughborough)
Macklind began as
(5600 West, begins 5400 North at Eichelberger
to 7000 South ending at Sunshine)
January
first appeared in the 1853 honoring Derrick A. January,
an early landowner.
(5800 West, begins 5400 North at 5800 Eichelberger
to 7450 South ending at Gravois)
(begins 4700 North at Christy and Eichelberger to
4745 South dead ends at Dahlia)
The
avenue was probably named for the Hummelsheim Family. One of them owned property at Gravois and
Hayden's subdivision or addition
TERRACE AVENUE
(begins 4700 North at Christy to 4831 South dead ends at Sigel).
A promotional name that did originated in 1906.
Rosa Park and
(begins 4800 North
at Sigel to 6400 South dead ends at
The Gardenville community was an early rural settlement in the vicinity of Gravois and Kingshighway. The street was first named in 1905.
(begins 6300 North at Milentz to 6400 South dead
ends at
The
avenue was named for Frank R. Henry,
auditor of the United Railways Transit Company and a relative of Rolla Wells,
mayor
(begins 6400 North at
CENTER
COURT
(begins 6400 North
at
Center Court is a short street appearing in 1928, part of St. Paul's Cemetary
(begins 6400 North at
WOODBINE
COURT
(begins 6435 South
beginning and dead ending into
Began as
WOODLAND PRIVITE SUBDIVISION or addition
(begins 6800 North at Schollmeyer to 6808 to 6631 South dead ends at Tyrolean)
A very popular male name at the end of the 19th century, Elmer originated in the Old English Aethelmaer meaning "noble" or "famous". The name appeared in 1910.
(begins 6900 North at Loughborough to 7200 South dead ends at Sunshine)
The street was named for Rudolph Moellenhoff, a primary landowner in the City Saint Louis in 1856. The street name originated in the 1906.
EAST to WEST STREETS in
From North to South
(5400 South, begins 4700 East at Christy
to 5720 West at
The street was originally named in an early
platting of the Carondelet Commons in honor of Doctor George F. Eichelberger,
a member of Carondelet's first city council. It was originally
(5424
South, 4614 East at Gravois to 5729 West at
The name, the Latin form of "Rose" appeared in the Rosa Park subdivision of 1906.
And
(5600 South, begins 4700 East at Gravois
to 5749 West at
The avenue was christened in honor of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). He was a German poet, dramatist and novelist in 1909.
(5800 South, begins at 4700 East at
Gravois to 5755 West at
First appeared in 1905 in the on either
side of
and
(5828 South,
begins 4800 East at Gardenville to 5750 West at
Located
in 1913 between
and
(6000 South,
begins 4900 East at Kingshighway to 5751 West at
Finkman originally appeared in the 1860, but unnamed until 1892. The street was named after
H. Louis Finkman.
VON DREHLES
SUBDIVISION or addition
And
(6000 South,
begins 4600 East at Gravois to 4774 West at Eichelberger
ends)
Dahlia was named in 1906 for the dahlia flower plant. The dahlia plant was developed by 18th-century Swedish Botanist Andres Dahl.
Rosa Park Subdivision or addition
(6200 South, begins 4900 East at Kingshighway to 5758 West at
Lisette was named after "A French diminutive of Elisabeth" which appeared as a street name in 1913. An unusual given name, it is an even more unusual place name.
Van
Drehle's Subdivision or addition
(6200
South at Gravois, begins 4700 East at Gravois to 5532 West at Kingshighway where the avenue ends)
(6400 South, begins at 4700 East at Gravois to 5751 West at
Originally
being called Kingshighway Southwest until 1931, when
it was titled
In the Carondelet
neighborhood originally called
(6400 South, begins at 4700 East at
Gravois to 4774 West at Kingshighway ends)
(6435 South, begins 4800 East at
Bonita is from the Spanish, feminine of
bonito, or pretty, in the 1913. West of Kingshighway, it was named
(6439 South,
4900 East at Kingshighway to 5255 West
dead ends at Loughborough)
When it was laid out in 1910, it was named in honor of Adolph R. Schollmeyer, who owed a real estate company.
(6400 South, begins 4900 East at Kingshighway to 5739 West at
Began as
WOODLAND SUBDIVISION or addition
(6641 South,
begins 4770 East at Gravois to 4769 West at Kingshighway
ends)
First
appeared in the
(6800 South, begins 4900 East at Gravois
to 5493 West at
The title honors James M. Loughborough,
real estate man, land owner, politician and editor of the Carondelet
New Era in 1859. James M. Loughborough began as a clerk in the office of his father
John Loughborough, surveyor general for
And
GRAVOIS
LOUGHBOROUGH SUBDIVSION or
addition
(6835 South, 4900 East at Gravois to 4988 West dead ending at Schollmeyer)
In 1906 it was named for the
(6931 South, begins 4900 East at Gravois and turns North to 6921 South at Greshame)
The
name recognizes the river town of
And
GRAVOIS
LOUGHBOROUGH SUBDIVSION or
addition
BLOW STREET
(6955 South,
4900 East at Gravois and turns North to 6827 South at
The
name honors Henry Taylor Blow who organized the Republican
Party among Carondelet's Germans during the 1850s.
Blow was a delegate to nominate
(7000 South,
4900 East at Gravois to 5460 West at
The
name recognizes Herman Nagel, a Carondelet
hat merchant.
GRAND HOME SITES or addition
And
MCDERMOTT TO
(7031 South, 4900 East at Gravois to
5460 West at
The title commemorates Louis Robert, member of a pioneer French family in Carondelet.
And
KOBERMANS GRAVOIS
SUBDIVISON or addition
(7100 South,
4900 East at Gravois to 5452 West at
Originally
Gravois
Homesites Subdivision or addition
(7326 South,
begins 7000 East to 7335 West dead ending at
For a maritime county in southern
(7350 South, begins 7000 East to 7335 West dead ending at
A promotional name short street appeared originally in 1963. Apartments.
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