LaSalle Park

LaSalle Park[1]
Neighborhood of St. Louis
French style brick houses in LaSalle Park
Location (red) of LaSalle Park within St. Louis
Country	United States
State	Missouri
City	St. Louis
Wards	7[2]
Government
• Aldermen	Cara Spencer
Area
• Total	0.21 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	1,088
• Density	5,200/sq mi (2,000/km2)
ZIP code(s)	Part of 63104
Area code(s)	314
Website	stlouis-mo.gov

LaSalle Park is an integral part of the three-neighborhood "Old Frenchtown" area—LaSalle Park, Lafayette Square and Soulard—bordering the southern edge of downtown St. Louis. It was formed as a "new" neighborhood, legally distinct from the larger Soulard district, through the efforts of the city of St. Louis, Missouri and Ralston Purina, (now the Nestlé Purina Petcare Company) which has its world headquarters in LaSalle Park.

LaSalle Park contains a mixture of Victorian and Federalist architecture. At least two of the homes in this French neighborhood were built at the time of the Civil War. New construction is also found in the neighborhood. The current urban renewal guidelines,^[4] approved by the City of St. Louis, require that all new construction be built in a style similar to and compatible with the existing architecture.

The LaSalle Park Neighborhood enjoys Federal Historic Status with homes that are considered to have neighborhood, city, state and nationwide architectural significance. Plans were filed by Ralston Purina Co. and Landmarks Association of St. Louis, Inc. in 1977 (revised in 1979, 1980, 1982) to establish the historic importance of the neighborhood architecturally.