Laclede's Landing | |
 The Gateway Arch viewed from the Landing | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Washington, N. 3rd, Dr. Martin Luther King Dr., and the Mississippi River, St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
| Built | 1780 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002262[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 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 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]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nidetost, Eric (2001). "St. Louis Gateway to the Great Beyond". Wild West. 14 (1): 42.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places - Nomination Form" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved May 30, 2008.