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In 2014, Florissant ranked as the #1 Best Small City to Retire To in America [12] and the second-safest city in Missouri. [13] Florissant Old Town Historic District is a locally designated historic preservation planning district, created by local ordinance in 1969. [14] Within that, the heart of Old Town Florissant is listed on the National ...
Old St. Ferdinand Shrine and Historic Site is a historic Catholic shrine and former parish church located at no. 1 rue St. Francois, Florissant, Missouri.The Shrine and Historic Site consists of four historic buildings on their original locations: the 1819 convent, 1821 church, 1840 rectory, and 1888 schoolhouse.
It was purchased by the city of Florissant with a $20,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development which was matched by Historic Florissant Inc. [5] As a result of this agreement, in 1981 after the restoration was complete Historic Florissant refunded the grant to the federal government and gained ownership of the house, which ...
It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class. Cities under constitutional charters may operate under any form of municipal government if it is enacted in the city's charter.
Construction began on the mall in 1972. Its anchor stores at the time were Sears and Stix Baer & Fuller, a local chain based in nearby St. Louis. [3] The mall's initial roster of stores and services included Forum Cafeteria, Walgreen Drug, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream, Camelot Music, Davy Jones Locker, The Limited, Orange Bowl snack bar, Pass Pets, and an Aladdin's Castle video arcade.
The Casa Alvarez is a wood-frame, French Colonial-style house in Florissant, Missouri listed on the National Register of Historic Places as among the oldest houses in St. Louis County. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to its nomination for the Register it "serves as a last link with the Spanish occupation of the Upper Louisiana territory."
Florissant Township is a township in St. Louis County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] Its population was 34,637 as of the 2010 census. [2] References
Shell was planning to destroy the house, but instead donated the property to the non-profit Historic Florissant for restoration due to the community's desires to preserve the house. [4] [5] [3] A ceremony was held on July 30, 1991, where Shell presented the keys and deed to Rosemary Davison, president of Historic Florissant. [2]