Laclede's Landing
The Gateway Arch viewed from the Landing
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis is located in St. Louis
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis is located in Missouri
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis is located in the United States
Laclede's Landing, St. Louis
LocationRoughly bounded by Washington, N. 3rd, Dr. Martin Luther King Dr., and the Mississippi River, St. Louis, Missouri
Area22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built1780
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.76002262[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1976

Laclede's Landing (/ləˌkliːdz-/), colloquially "the Landing", is a small urban historic district in St. Louis, Missouri. It marks the northern part of the original settlement founded by the Frenchman Pierre Laclède, whose landing on the riverside the placename commemorates.[2] Originally he tasked his 14-year-old stepson, Auguste Chouteau, with the task of preparing the land that sat 10 miles south of the Mississippi-Missouri area. A stone house was erected and named Laclede's home in the village he named "St. Louis" as a homage to King Louis IX of France. Initially Fur trade and trapping was the economic interest that would spark Pierre's interest in using the landing and making his stepson the richest citizen. The area is now decorated with 19th century warehouses and other period buildings.[3]

Located just north of Gateway Arch National Park (separated by the overland spans of the Eads Bridge) on the Mississippi River front, the Landing is a multi-block collection of cobblestone streets and vintage brick-and-cast-iron warehouses dating from 1850 through 1900, now converted into shops, restaurants, and bars. The district is the only remaining section of St. Louis' 19th-century commercial riverfront.[4]

Transportation

Laclede's Landing has many cobblestone streets. It is adjacent to the Eads Bridge, and Interstate 44 (I-44 does not run over the Eads Bridge). On the Eads Bridge there is the Arch-Laclede's Landing MetroLink Stop. Laclede's Landing once housed Metro's (the local transit agency) headquarters.[5]

Alternative rock band Wilco mentions the Landing in "Heavy Metal Drummer", a song on the 2002 album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Although now based in Chicago, Wilco was initially based in St. Louis and cut their teeth in rock clubs in and around the Landing. Frontman Jeff Tweedy grew up in nearby Belleville, Illinois.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Conzen, Michael P. (2002). "L'héritage morphologique de l'urbanisme français aux États-Unis". Géocarrefour (in French). 77 (2): 161–173. doi:10.3406/geoca.2002.1568.
  3. ↑ Nidetost, Eric (2001). "St. Louis Gateway to the Great Beyond". Wild West. 14 (1): 42.
  4. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places - Nomination Form" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
  5. ↑ Bryant, Tim (January 30, 2015). "Metro to move its HQ to Met Square". STLtoday.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Robert L. Tweety". Legacy. August 6, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
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