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Des Peres got its name from the River des Peres whose tributaries, Deer Creek and Two Mile Creek, ran through the town. The name Des Pères is a French term which means "of the Fathers". In 1834 a small church, the Des Peres Presbyterian Church, 38°37′22″N 90°25′12″W (Old Des Peres Church;Old Stone Church) is a historic church on ...
The Desloge family, (/ d ə ˈ l oʊ ʒ /) [1] centered mostly in Missouri and especially at St. Louis, [2] rose to wealth through international commerce, sugar refining, oil drilling, fur trading, mineral mining, saw milling, manufacturing, railroads, real estate, and riverboats. The family has funded hospitals and donated large tracts of land ...
Emmanuel DeHodiamont and his wife Caroline purchased a 180-acre tract of land including parts of the River Des Peres in 1829 from Hypoline and Josephine Papin. No permits exist to date the original construction, but it is considered likely DeHodiamont built the structure soon after the purchase. [3]
A St. Louis Public School designed by William B. Ittner MPS 28: Des Peres School: Des Peres School: September 2, 1982 : 6307 Michigan Ave. 29: Dickmann Building: Dickmann Building: December 30, 1999 : 3115 S. Grand Boulevard
River Des Peres Park is a municipal park in St. Louis that opened in 1934. River Des Peres Park is located near River Des Peres and the St. Louis City/County border line. The parks borders are Lansdowne Avenue, Morganford Avenue, and River Des Peres Boulevard. It is located near the neighborhoods of St. Louis Hills, Lindenwood Park, and ...
Des Peres, Missouri, a city in St. Louis County, Missouri; Des Peres (band), a band from Australia This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 06:52 ...
Princeton Heights is an older South St. Louis residential neighborhood. The name "Princeton" came from the old deeds from the neighborhood named Princeton Place Subdivision or Addition. Its outer edge on the west is rather closely paralleled by the River des Peres drainage works, whose valley creates a general downward slope to the west over ...
The River des Peres (French: rivière des Pères) (English: / d ʌ ˈ p ɛər /) is a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) [1] metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backbone of sanitary and storm water systems in the city of St. Louis and portions of St. Louis County. Its largest tributaries are Deer Creek and Gravois Creek. At St. Louis, the ...