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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 ...
In 1954, most of Metro East of St. Louis switched from area code 217 to 618. Projections in 2021 by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, indicated central office code exhaustion by 2025. [3] Periodic proposals were made for code relief, and area code 730 was designated for an overlay complex. Implementation was completed with an in ...
East St. Louis is in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois. Once a bustling industrial center, like many cities in the Rust Belt, East St. Louis was severely affected by the loss of jobs due to the flight of the population to the suburbs during the riots of the late 1960s. In 1950, East St. Louis was the fourth-largest city in Illinois ...
Washington Park is a part of the East St. Louis School District. Avant Elementary School is located in Washington Park. [14] [15] Manners Elementary School and Woodrow Wilson Elementary School were formerly located in Washington Park. [15] [16] Wilson opened in 1927. [17]
The Majestic Theatre is a historic movie theater located at 240–246 Collinsville Ave. in East St. Louis, Illinois. Built in 1928, the theater replaced a 1907 theater which had burned down. The Spanish Gothic theater was designed by the Boller Brothers, who were nationally prominent theater architects. Multicolored tiles decorate the building ...
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Its name was changed to Frank Holten State Park on May 1, 1967, in honor of the recently deceased distinguished legislator from East St. Louis, who served the region in the Illinois General Assembly for 48 years. [3] The Grand Marais name is preserved through the 18-hole Grand Marais Golf Course.
Freeburg is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Located within Greater St. Louis, it is a southeastern exurb with many residents commuting to Downtown St. Louis or the Belleville area for employment. As of 2010, Freeburg had a population of 4,354.