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  2. City Hall (St. Louis) - Wikipedia

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    St. Louis City Hall was designed by architects Eckel & Mann, the winners of a national competition. [1] Construction began in 1891 and completed in 1898. Its profile and stylistic characteristics evoke the French Renaissance Hôtel de Ville, Paris , with an elaborate interior decorated with marble and gold trim.

  3. History of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    The military post far north of the city at Fort Bellefontaine moved nearer to the city to Jefferson Barracks in 1827, and the St. Louis Arsenal was built in south St. Louis the same year. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] The 1830s included dramatic population growth: by 1830, it had increased to 5,832 from roughly 4,500 in 1820.

  4. Timeline of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the history of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. ... 1883 – St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall opens. [10] 1884 ...

  5. St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, St. Louis was the most dangerous city in the United States with populations of 100,000 or more, ranking 1st in violent crime and 2nd in property crime. It was also ranked 6th of the most dangerous of all establishments in the United States, and East St. Louis, a suburb of the city itself, was ranked 1st.

  6. City Hall (University City, Missouri) - Wikipedia

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    The current University City City Hall building was built by magazine publisher and businessman Edward Gardner Lewis, a native of Connecticut who came to St. Louis, Missouri, in the late 1890s, selling insect extermination products and medicines that were said to be highly questionable. [5]

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis ...

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    This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, south of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis. For listings in Downtown St. Louis, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis.

  8. Old Courthouse (St. Louis) - Wikipedia

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    Four lunettes in the dome have paintings by Carl Wimar, depicting four events in St. Louis history. Ettore Miragoli painted over them in 1880, but they were restored in 1888. Louis Brandeis was admitted to the bar in the Old Courthouse, in 1878. [9] When St. Louis County, Missouri and the city split in 1877, the courthouse became city property ...

  9. Architecture of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    St. Louis City Hall, built in 1904. St. Louis saw a vast expansion in the variety and number of religious buildings during the late 19th century and early 20th century. The largest and most ornate of these is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, designed by Thomas P. Barnett and constructed between 1907 and 1914 in the Neo-Byzantine style. The ...