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Following is a list of currently existing (1994) St. Louis city streets which was compiled by Dr. Glen Holt and Thomas A. Pearson. Entries are alphabetical by street name, and include information on street orientation (east-west, north-south), street name origin, dedication date, and neighborhood(s) through which the street runs (when known). ABERDEEN PLACE (E-W). Named for the city of Aberdeen in north-eastern Scotland when it appeared in the Hillcrest Subdivision of 1912. (Kingsbury) ABNER PLACE (N-S). Honored Abner McKinley, the brother of President William McKinley, when it was laid out in the 1904 McKinley Park subdivision. (Arlington) ACADEMY AVENUE (N-S). The nearby Christian Brothers Academy on Easton Avenue west of Kingshighway was the source of this name, which first appeared in the Mount Cabanne subdivision of 1886. It was known as Cote Brilliante Avenue until 1883. (Arlington) (Cabanne) ACCOMAC BOULEVARD and STREET (E-W). Derived from an Indian word meaning "across the water" and appearing in the 1855 Third City Subdivision of the St. Louis Commons. (Compton Hill) ACME AVENUE (N-S). Draws its name from the word "acme", the highest point of attainment. Originated in the 1907 Acme Heights subdivision. (Walnut Park) ADELAIDE AVENUE (E-W & N-S). In the 1875 Benjamin O'Fallon's subdivision of the O'Fallon Estate, it was named in honor of a female relative of the O'Fallon family. It was known as O'Fallon Avenue between the wharf and Broadway until 1881. Adelaide is the "French form of Old German Adalheit `nobility'". Became well-known as the name of the wife of England's William IV. (Fairground) (Hyde Park & Bissell-College Hill) ADELIA AVENUE (E W). In the 1870s subdivision of the Mary Payne estate, the name is a form of Adela, who was one of the daughters of William the Conqueror. The latter name is derived from Adelaide which is from an Old German word meaning "nobility." (Carondelet) ADELINE STREET (E-W). Appeared in the Thomas Campbell subdivision of 1889, it is, like Adelia, an adaption of Adelaide, who was the wife of England's William IV. The name's greatest fame came with the publication in 1903 of the barbershop-quartet song, "Sweet Adeline." (Clifton) ADKINS AVENUE (N-S). In the Newport Heights subdivision of 1905, this street honors Water Commissioner Benjamin C. Adkins who clarified the city's water supply in time for the World's Fair of 1904. (Morganford) (Oak Hill) ADRIAN DRIVE (E-W). Materialized in the Riverview Gardens subdivision of 1917, it bears the name of several popes who held office between the eighth and twelfth centuries. It was known as Spring Drive until 1940. (Baden-Riverview) AERO DRIVE (E-W). WARD 24, PRECINCT 5. (St. Louis High Area) AGEE COURT (E-W). WARD 5, PRECINCT 2. Between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Street, O'Fallon and Biddle in the Carr Square Village project. Honors writer James Agee (1909-1955), whose prose works include Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a commentary on the tenant farmer. (Carr Square) AGNES AVENUE (E-W). This name is derived from a French adjective meaning "pure" or "chaste". Probably named for a family member in Farrar's Addition of 1850. (Hyde Park & Bissell-College Hill) AL CLARE DRIVE (E-W). In the 1955 Al-Clare Meadows subdivision, this was a coined name honoring developers Alberta and Clarence Dalton. (Morganford) ALABAMA AVENUE (N S). In the subdivision of the St. Louis Commons during the 1850s, the north south streets were designated as avenues bearing the names of various states of the Union. This street honors the state of Alabama. The state name comes from the Alabama or Alibamu (sic) Indians. Originally known as Seventh Street in the City of Carondelet, the street was renamed in 1902 to make it a southern extension of Alabama Avenue. (Carondelet) (Marquette-Cherokee) (Morganford) ALAMO AVENUE (E-W). Appeared in the Hi-Pointe Subdivision of 1917 as a commemoration of the "cradle of Texas liberty" in San Antonio where heroic Texans fought a hopeless defense of the Alamo in February 1836. (Kingsbury) ALASKA AVENUE (N S) Honors the territory of Alaska, a name derived from the Aleutian word meaning "mainland." Until 1902, sections of this avenue in the Carondelet and Morganford areas were named Ninth Street and Tenth Street, following a naming system that originated in the old French town of Carondelet. (Carondelet) (Marquette-Cherokee) (Morganford) ALASKAN COURT (N-S) WARD 13, PRECINCT 3. (Carondelet) ALBERTA STREET (E-W). Platted in the 1875 subdivision of James Dunnica Subdivision. Alberta is the usual feminine form of Albert from a word meaning "noble or bright". Little used now, Alberta became popular in 1840 when Queen Victoria married Prince Albert. The thoroughfare was called Rebecca Street between Grand and Meramec until 1920. (Marquette-Cherokee) (Oak Hill) ALBERTINE AVENUE (E-W). An unusual French feminine form of "Albert" that first appeared as a street in the Acme Heights subdivision of 1907. (Walnut Park) ALBION PLACE (E W). Platted in Funkhouser's Lafayette Park Addition of 1875, Albion is the ancient, literary name for Great Britain. The name is drawn from a Celtic word meaning rock or mountain. (Lafayette Square) ALCOTT AVENUE (N-S). Honors Louisa May Alcott (1832-88), an American writer of suspense stories. First appeared in 1892 in the Elmwood Park subdivision. (Walnut Park) ALDINE AVENUE and ALDINE PLACE (E-W). This prestigious name, used by builders and developers in many cities, originated with the Aldine Press, which, after its establishment in Venice in 1490, for over a century published editions of Greek and Roman classics along with the works of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Aldine Avenue was known as Lucky Street until 1929, and its eastern portion was called Victoria Avenue during the 1860s. (Grand Prairie) ALEXANDER DRIVE (N-S). If this street is named for a family or a particular person, no public record exists. The name originated in the 1922 subdivision of Ellenwood. The name had its beginning in the Greek words meaning "defender of men." It was made famous by Alexander the Great about 340 BC. (Kingsbury) ALEXANDER STREET (N-W). Received its present name in 1881 to honor B. W. Alexander, a 19th-century St. Louis banker, merchant, insurance company president and director of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The section of the street from Chippewa and Keokuk in Oak Hill was called Lily Street in the James Dunnica Subdivision of 1875. (Morganford) (Oak Hill) ALFRED AVENUE (N-S). First appeared in the 1889 Gartside Subdivision located in the old Prairie des Noyers Common Fields. Named for Alfred Payne, a relative of Thomas J. Payne, owner of the Payne Tract, a 40-acre parcel adjoining Tower Grove Park at its northwestern corner. By the end of 1926 a portion of the Payne Tract had been added to the park by condemnation and purchase. The remainder of the tract in the early 1920s was developed as Gurney Court and Heger Court. The section from Eichelberger to Chippewa was known as Christy Avenue until 1931. (Oak Hill) (Shaw) ALGERNON STREET (E-W). In Carolina Pope's subdivision of 1891, it was titled for a son of John J. O'Fallon. Norman French origins meaning "with whiskers or moustaches." (Hyde Park & Bissell-College Hill) ALHAMBRA COURT (N-S). Originally named Vanderburgh Avenue in the 1872 Alhambra Subdivision, the name was changed in 1920 to reflect the street's location behind the Alhambra Grotto building. The name has noble connotations: Alhambra was a palace of the Moorish kings near Grenada, Spain, built in the 13th and 14th centuries. (Compton Hill) ALICE AVENUE (N-S). In the 1891 subdivision by Caroline Pope, it was named for her daughter Alice, an Old German name meaning "of noble kind." (Fairground) (Hyde Park & Bissell-College Hill) ALLEMANIA STREET (E-W). Platted as part of the Helena Place Addition of 1904, this name is an Anglicized version of the French-language geographical name for Germany. (Morganford) ALLEN AVENUE (E W). One of three streets bearing the names of Ann Russell Allen in the early 1850s subdivision of her land. This parcel, located originally in the Petit Prairie Common Field, was just wide enough to permit laying out three parallel east west streets. Ann Russell married Thomas Allen on July 12, 1842. (Benton Park) (Compton Hill) (Oak Hill) (Soulard) ALLEN MARKET LANE (E W). A block long street extending west from Twelfth just south of Allen Avenue. It was dedicated for purposes of establishing a public market in the neighborhood by the Thomas Allen family when they opened Allen's Second Addition in 1869. (Soulard) ALMA AVENUE (E-W). First appeared in the Arcadia Heights subdivision of 1913, Alma is a Latin word meaning nurturing or kind. The name began to be popular after British troops fought at the Battle of Alma, a river in the Crimea, in 1854. (Morganford) (Oak Hill) ALOE PLAZA - Unveiled in 1940; named for Louis P. Aloe. (Downtown) ALPHA AVENUE (N-S). Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet. Appeared in the 1921 North Pointe addition. (Walnut Park) ALTMAN AVENUE (N-S). This unusual name for an American place or street appeared first in George W. Thatcher's subdivision of 1875. A German family name, it means "descendant of Aldman (old man)," or "the old man". (Baden-Riverview) AMANDA STREET (E-W). Appearing in the Thomas Campbell subdivision of 1889, Amanda is a feminine form of a Latin word meaning "fit to be loved," or "worthy of love." It is the name of several saints and has been used frequently in poems, plays and literary works, including Tristam Shandy. (Clifton) AMELIA AVENUE (E-W). From the Latin or German, the meaning of Amelia is associated with labor, as in industrious. In the 1926 Electra Park subdivision, it probably was named for a daughter of the Jennings family which owned the site of the subdivision. (Arlington) (Walnut Park) AMHERST PLACE and TERRACE (N-S). In the private 1906 subdivision of Amherst Place, it commemorates Baron Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1747), a British army officer in the French and Indian war. (Cabanne) ANCHOR STREET (N-S). A private street in the 7400 block of Gravois named by the property owner, probably symbolizing the solid quality found in a steamboat anchor. (Morganford) ANDERSON AVENUE (E-W). Honored John J. Anderson, a developer and real estate man, in Hutchinson's Third subdivision of the Shreve Tract of 1885. It was January Avenue between Marcus and Shreve avenues until 1882. (Fairground) ANGELICA STREET (E-W). Originating in the Yeatman and Holmes Addition of 1851, it honors Angelica, the wife of James C. Yeatman. (Hyde Park & Bissell-College Hill) ANGELRODT STREET (E-W). Beginning in George Buchanan's subdivision of 1852, it commemorates Eugene C. Angelrodt, one of the three founders of the town of Bremen. (Hyde Park & Bissell- College Hill) ANN AVENUE (E W). One of the three parallel streets using the names of Ann Russell Allen which appeared in the early 1850s subdivision of her land. She was a daughter of William C. Russell, a land speculator during the territorial period. The name Ann is an English form of the Hebrew "Hannah". (Benton Park) (Compton Hill) (Soulard) ANNA AVENUE. (E-W) Ward 24, Precinct 13. The Greek from the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "gracious." (Ellendale) ANNETTA AVENUE (N-S). This female name has a long lineage, originating in the Hebrew "Hannah," which changes to Anne. That in turn was transformed into the French diminutive "Annette." The Latinized form of that name is "Annetta," which appeared in the 1935 re-subdivision of City Block 4286 South. (Baden-Riverview) ANNIE MALONE DRIVE (N-S). Honors the black woman who founded Poro College, using profits from her beauty products business. Located on a former section of Goode, Annie Malone Drive runs between Sumner High School to the west and now-closed Homer G. Phillips Hospital to the east. Both institutions have played important roles in the cultural history of St. Louis blacks. This street was named by city ordinance #59867 in April 1986. (The Ville) ANTELOPE STREET (E-W). This horned-rimmed ruminant is related to deer and mountain goats. Antelope Street showed up initially in the subdivision of Germantown of 1857. (Baden-Riverview) ARCADE AVENUE (N-S). Created in the 1893 Arcade Addition of the Gay Estate, it is named for the old Arcade shopping building on the West End Narrow Gauge Railroad. (Cabanne) ARCHIE MOORE PLACE (N-S). Formerly a section of Leffingwell Avenue between Cole Street and Cass Avenue, it is named in honor of Archie Moore, American light-heavy weight boxing champion from 1952 to 1961. (Old North St. Louis-Yeatman) ARCHWOOD LANE (N-S). The developer of the 1950 Parkway Gardens Subdivision named this street to suggest a rural landscape, a pathway under an arch formed by overhanging trees. (Southwest) ARCO AVENUE (E-W). This name, derived from "arco," the Spanish word for arch, originated in the 1892 subdivision of Gibson Heights. (Central West End) ARENDES DRIVE (N-S). Appeared in the Holly Hills subdivision of 1923 in tribute to August Arendes, one of the area's developers. (Morganford) ARGUS PLACE (E-W) Ward 24, Precinct 12. (Clifton Heights) ARGYLE AVENUE (E-W). An unusual place name that appears as a town name in Canada, Minnesota and Wisconsin, it honors a Scottish heritage. In the 16th through the 18th century, there were several famous dukes and earls of Argyll who are recognized in the west-central Scottish county of Argyllshire. It was created as a St. Louis street in Bixby's subdivision of 1916. (Central West End) ARKANSAS AVENUE (N-S). In the platting of the St. Louis Commons in 1854, the city's street-naming policy called for north-south streets to be named after various states in the Union, in this case Arkansas. The state name is from a Siouan word meaning "downstream people." (Compton Hill) (Marquette-Cherokee) ARLINGTON AVENUE (N-S). John W. Burd in laying out his 1868 subdivision of Arlington Grove venerated Henry Bennet (one t only), First Earl of Arlington (1618-85), who shared in the grant of the Colony of Virginia by King Charles II. (Arlington) (Cabanne) (Walnut Park) ARMAND PLACE (E-W). In Sarpy's subdivision of 1886, This street appeared in Sarpy's subdivision of 1886 to honor Charles Armand, Marquis de la Rouerie, a French colonel in the American Revolutionary War. After the death of Casimir Pulaski in the 1779 siege of Savannah, Armand took command of Pulaski's legion. (Compton Hill) ARMSTRONG AVENUE (N-S). Apparently named for David H. Armstrong (1812-1893), a St. Louis postmaster and police commissioner who served as a U.S. Senator from Missouri 1877-1879 (he had been appointed to fill the seat vacated by the death of Lewis V. Bogy). (Lafayette Square) ARNOLD PLACE (N-S). Landowner Arnold Steinlage used his own first name when he laid out the private Arnold Place subdivision of 1876. This street is now part of the right-of-way for Interstate Highway 70. (Fairground) ARSENAL STREET (E-W). Beginning as Arsenal Road, running westward from the St. Louis Arsenal on the riverfront, this street received its present name in 1881. That same year, the section of the street from Michigan to Grand was also named Arsenal to replace Susquehanna Street, named after a river in Pennsylvania. From the 1850s onward, Arsenal has been a major east west route through south St. Louis. (Benton Park) (Clifton) (Compton Hill) (The Hill) (Marquette-Cherokee) (Oak Hill) (Oakland) (Shaw) ART HILL PLACE (N-S). Located in the 1924 Art Hill Terrace Subdivision, it recognizes Art Hill in nearby Forest Park. (Oakland) ARTHUR AVENUE (E-W). In the 1888 subdivision of Harlem Place, it was named to honor Chester Alan Arthur, the 21st president of the United States who died in 1886. Probably from the Celtic word for "bear" or "stone," the name became especially popular in the 19th century after Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. (Southwest) ARUNDEL PLACE (E-W). In the 1912 subdivision of Hillcrest, it was named for the municipal borough of Arundel in Sussex, West England. Its 12-century castle was the seat of the dukes of Norfolk. (Kingsbury) ASHBY AVENUE (E-W). In the Kingshighway-Florissant Heights subdivision of 1908, it was named for Ashby-de-la-Zoust, an urban district in Leicestershire, England. Ashby is an unusual United States place name, appearing only in the Midwestern states of Minnesota and Nebraska. (Walnut Park) ASHLAND AVENUE (E-W). In the James B. Clay subdivision of the old Orchard tract of 1876, it was named for "Ashland", the Henry Clay homestead in Lexington, Kentucky. In the Arlington neighborhood, it was named St. Charles Road from Prairie to Marcus and Carolina Avenue from Marcus to Euclid until 1881. (Arlington) (Fairground) ASHLAND COURT (E-W). Ward 4, Precinct 14, Census Tract 1067. (Academy Sherman) ASHLEY STREET (E-W). In the Smith, Bates and Lisa's Addition of 1843, it was the street which ran from the Mississippi River to the house of William Henry Ashley (1778-1838), American fur trader and U.S. representative from Missouri. After 1821, he sent expeditions to the upper Missouri River region. (Old North St. Louis-Yeatman) ASTRA AVENUE (E-W). Derived from a Greek word meaning star-like, in the 1921 North Pointe addition. (Walnut Park) ATCHISON PLACE (N-S). Named for David Rice Atchison (1807-1898), Missouri state representative and U.S. senator from Missouri (1843-1855). (West Downtown) (Carr Square) ATHLONE AVENUE (N-S & E-W). Named for Colonel John O'Fallon's home town in Ireland by son Benjamin O'Fallon when the latter man laid out his subdivision east of Bellefontaine Road. Part of this street was known as Turner Avenue between Lee and Penrose until 1909. (Fairground) (Hyde Park & Bissell-College Hill) ATLANTIC STREET (E-W). In Charles Larned's Addition of 1859, this street paralleled the old Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. Until 1881, sections of it were known as Larned Street and Randolph Street. (Midtown) AUBERT AVENUE (N-S). Named for Jean Louis Aubert (1731-1814), a French writer whose works brought praise from Voltaire. Aubert was a professor of literature in the Royal College and editor of the Gazette de France. The street received its name on the original plat of the Aubert Place subdivision in 1857. (Fairground) (Grand Prairie) (Walnut Park) AUBERT COURT (N-S). Ward 18, Precinct 10. (Cote Brilliante) See also explanation for AUBERT AVENUE. AUDUBON AVENUE (E-W). Honored John James Audubon (1780-1851), American naturalist and artist, when it appeared in the 1885 subdivision of Audubon Place. It was known as Duncan Avenue between Euclid Avenue and Kingshighway until 1894. (Central West End) AURORA AVENUE (E-W). Located in the Garden subdivision of 1868, it venerated the Roman goddess of dawn. It was known as Francis Street until 1881. (Baden-Riverview) AUSTIN AVENUE (E-W). Commemorates Moses Austin who, after making a fortune in Philadelphia merchandising and Virginia lead mines, obtained a Spanish mining grant in 1796 to mine lead in what is now Missouri. He founded the town of Potosi. After losing his fortune in the panic of 1819, Austin applied to the Spanish government for permission to establish 300 families in Texas. His death in 1821 prevented this mission, which was accomplished by his son, Stephen F. Austin, a hero of the Texas revolution. (Downtown) AUSTRIA STREET (E-W). Named for the Austrian nation in the 1904 Helena Place Addition. (Morganford) Back to Street Index |