Old North St. Louis is a neighborhood just north and slightly west of the downtown area of St. Louis, Missouri. Known for the landmark Crown Candy Kitchen, historic 19th-century brick homes, and its award-winning community gardens, the neighborhood now known as Old North St. Louis was established as the independent village of North St. Louis in 1816 and was annexed by the City of St. Louis in 1841. After many generations as a very densely populated neighborhood, Old North St. Louis experienced several decades of population losses and deterioration of the community’s housing stock. A1 Bed Bug Exterminator St. Louis
When Lewis and Clark began their exploration of the Louisiana Territory, mounds built by the indigenous people who had once inhabited the area dotted the river bluffs from Rocky Branch Creek south to the village of St. Louis. A decade later, in 1816, U.S. Army officer William Christy purchased a tract of land bounded by present-day Monroe, Hadley, and Montgomery Streets, and the Mississippi River. Soon thereafter, Christy and his associates, William Chambers and Thomas Wright, incorporated the area as the village of North St. Louis. A unique feature of the village layout was the provision for three circles of land for public use: Clinton Place for education, Jackson Place for recreation, and Marion Place for worship. The village was also to provide sites for mills similar to those in the New England hometowns of the village’s first settlers.
In 1841, the village of North St. Louis was absorbed into the City of St. Louis. By mid-century, the area was overwhelmingly German-born; with a few Irish and a colony of utopian French Icarians. The latter half of the nineteenth century was an era of unprecedented growth and industry. The mounds were leveled. Rocky Branch Creek was channeled beneath what is now Branch Street. Large numbers of Polish immigrants settled in the near north side, including present-day Old North St. Louis. By the turn of the century, 14th Street had become a major commercial district. Furniture and appliances, clothing and hardware, plus groceries and confectioneries attracted shoppers from far beyond the immediate neighborhood.
Nearby Restaurants and Pubs
- Bulrush StL Restaurant is located at 3307 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
- The Fountain On Locust is located at 3037 Locust St, St. Louis, MO
- Southern is located at 3108 Olive St, St. Louis, MO
- FIELDHOUSE Pub and Grill is located at 510 N Theresa Ave, St. Louis, MO
- Jack Patrick’s Bar & Grill is located at 1000 Olive St, St. Louis, MO
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