Downtown East St. Louis Historic District
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The Downtown East St. Louis Historic District is a historic commercial district in downtown East St. Louis, Illinois. The district includes 35 buildings, 25 of which are contributing buildings, along Collinsville Avenue, Missouri Avenue, and St. Louis Avenue; all but one of the buildings was historically used for commercial purposes. While development in the area dates back to the late 19th century, the first of the extant buildings in the district were built around 1900 after a tornado devastated the area in 1896. By 1910, the area had become a prosperous commercial district with stores, offices, and entertainment venues; a surviving building from this period includes the Cahokia Building. Another large building boom took place in the 1920s, adding buildings such as the Spivey Building, the city's only skyscraper; the Union Trust Bank Company Building, the largest bank in the city; the Grossman Building; and the Majestic Theatre. The new buildings both coincided with a population and economic expansion in the city and allowed it to forge an architectural identity distinct from neighboring St. Louis.
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Worth seeing in and around Downtown East St. Louis Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
2.3 km · monument in St. Louis, Missouri · Wikipedia - 02Enterprise Center
Enterprise Center is an 18,096-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
3.8 km · arena in St. Louis, Missouri, United States · Wikipedia - 03Busch Stadium
Busch Stadium is a baseball stadium located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
3 km · baseball stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Wikipedia - 04Gateway Arch National Park
Gateway Arch National Park is a national park of the United States located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
2.3 km · American National Park in St. Louis, Missouri · Wikipedia - 05The Dome at America's Center
The Dome at America's Center is a multi-purpose stadium used for concerts, major conventions, and sporting events in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
2.7 km · stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States · Wikipedia - 06Basilica of St. Louis, King of France
The Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, is a Catholic church in St. Louis, Missouri.
2.5 km · church building in Missouri, United States of America · Wikipedia - 07Martin Luther King Bridge
The Martin Luther King Bridge in Greater St. Louis, is a cantilever truss bridge of about 4,000 feet in total length across the Mississippi River, connecting St.
1.8 km · bridge between Missouri and Illinois · Wikipedia - 08St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral
St. Raymond's Cathedral is a Maronite Catholic co-cathedral located in St.
3.7 km · church in Missouri, United States · Wikipedia - 09Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse
The Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse is the largest single courthouse in the United States. It is the main office of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
3.3 km · building in Missouri, United States · Wikipedia - 10City Museum
City Museum is a privately owned and operated museum in the Washington Avenue Loft District of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
3.7 km · museum in St. Louis, Missouri · Wikipedia
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Getting to Downtown East St. Louis Historic District
- Airports
- St. Louis Lambert (STL), 23 km
- Stations
- Civic Center, 3.8 km · Stadium, 3.1 km
- Chicago → Downtown East St. Louis Historic DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Indianapolis → Downtown East St. Louis Historic DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Louisville → Downtown East St. Louis Historic DistrictTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Downtown East St. Louis Historic District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Downtown East St. Louis Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Go nextFor a scenic day trip, take the Great River Road north from Alton to Grafton, Illinois, stopping for antique shops and then on to lunch at the Père Marquette Lodge in Père Marquette State Park.
- Go nextCharles - nearby and makes a nice day trip.
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