Southwest Garden, St. Louis
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Southwest Garden is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri
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and Tower Grove Park
. It is bordered by Southwest, I-44 and Columbia Ave. to the North, Tower Grove Avenue and Kingshighway to the East, Hampton Avenue to the West and Magnolia, Connecticut and Scanlan Avenue to the South.
Southwest Garden is represented by the Aldermen of Wards 8, 10 and 24.
. After the "Great Fire"
of 1848 destroyed large parts of St. Louis, an ordinance banning frame construction put a premium on brick construction. The demand for brick spurred the mining of clay deposits that had been found west of Kingshighway in the 1830's. As the mines attracted immigrant miners they began to settle nearby areas.
The establishment of St. Aloysius Gonzaga parish in 1892 helped further spur settlement. As a historically German parish, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, helped establish the ethnic makeup of the neighborhood. The parish was located at Magnolia and January Avenues. It was razed in 2006. St. Aloysius Gonzaga served as a counterpoint and rival to the Italian St. Ambrose on The Hill
; both parishes being a major factor in the different ethnic makeup of the two neighborhoods.
Southwest Garden east of Kingshighway is on land originally purchased by Henry Shaw
in the 1850's.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
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About
The Southwest Garden District is a Horse head shaped neighborhood between The HillThe Hill
The Hill may refer to:* The Hill , a 1905 school novel by Horace Annesley Vachell* The Hill , a 1965 war film starring Sean Connery* The Hill * The Hill , a daily newspaper covering the U.S...
and Tower Grove Park
Tower Grove Park
Tower Grove Park is a municipal park in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Most of its land was donated to the city by Henry Shaw in 1868. It is on 289 acres adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, another of Shaw’s legacies. It extends 1.6 miles from west to east, between Kingshighway...
. It is bordered by Southwest, I-44 and Columbia Ave. to the North, Tower Grove Avenue and Kingshighway to the East, Hampton Avenue to the West and Magnolia, Connecticut and Scanlan Avenue to the South.
- Tower Grove ParkTower Grove ParkTower Grove Park is a municipal park in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Most of its land was donated to the city by Henry Shaw in 1868. It is on 289 acres adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, another of Shaw’s legacies. It extends 1.6 miles from west to east, between Kingshighway...
is adjacent to the area and offers tennis courts, bike paths and sports fields. - Sublette Park is located in the neighborhood at the top of St. Louis Hill (namesake of The HillThe HillThe Hill may refer to:* The Hill , a 1905 school novel by Horace Annesley Vachell* The Hill , a 1965 war film starring Sean Connery* The Hill * The Hill , a daily newspaper covering the U.S...
) and has a playground, tennis courts and soccer field. - Located at "The Entrance to the Hill," the Southwest Garden District has some of the most notable small shops in the area. These shops include Gringo Jones Imports, The Bug Store, and The Do-nut Shop. Another landmark of the area is the old Southwest Bank, with the gold, rotating eagle that sits atop the time and temperature monitor at the peak of the corner facade of the building.
Southwest Garden is represented by the Aldermen of Wards 8, 10 and 24.
History
Southwest Garden west of Kingshighway has a history similar to its more famous neighbor The HillThe Hill
The Hill may refer to:* The Hill , a 1905 school novel by Horace Annesley Vachell* The Hill , a 1965 war film starring Sean Connery* The Hill * The Hill , a daily newspaper covering the U.S...
. After the "Great Fire"
St. Louis Fire (1849)
The St. Louis Fire of 1849 was a devastating fire that occurred on May 17, 1849 and destroyed a significant part of St. Louis, Missouri and many of the steamboats using the Mississippi River and Missouri River. This was the first fire in United States history in which it is known that a firefighter...
of 1848 destroyed large parts of St. Louis, an ordinance banning frame construction put a premium on brick construction. The demand for brick spurred the mining of clay deposits that had been found west of Kingshighway in the 1830's. As the mines attracted immigrant miners they began to settle nearby areas.
The establishment of St. Aloysius Gonzaga parish in 1892 helped further spur settlement. As a historically German parish, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, helped establish the ethnic makeup of the neighborhood. The parish was located at Magnolia and January Avenues. It was razed in 2006. St. Aloysius Gonzaga served as a counterpoint and rival to the Italian St. Ambrose on The Hill
The Hill
The Hill may refer to:* The Hill , a 1905 school novel by Horace Annesley Vachell* The Hill , a 1965 war film starring Sean Connery* The Hill * The Hill , a daily newspaper covering the U.S...
; both parishes being a major factor in the different ethnic makeup of the two neighborhoods.
Southwest Garden east of Kingshighway is on land originally purchased by Henry Shaw
Henry Shaw
Henry Shaw may refer to:*Henry Shaw , American botanist and philanthropist*Henry Marchmore Shaw , congressman from North Carolina*Henry Shaw , congressman from Massachusetts...
in the 1850's.