The Ville | |
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![The Homer G. Phillips Hospital was built in 1937 to provide medical care to the black residents of a segregated city.[1]](view_image.php?q=The_Ville,_St._Louis&sq=&lang=&file=File:STL_The_Ville_01.JPG) The Homer G. Phillips Hospital was built in 1937 to provide medical care to the black residents of a segregated city.[1] | |
 Location (red) of the Ville within St. Louis | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| City | St. Louis |
| Wards | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Aldermen | Samuel L. Moore |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.42 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,427 |
| • Density | 3,400/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
| ZIP code(s) | Part of 63113 |
| Area code(s) | 314 |
| Website | stlouis-mo.gov |
The Ville is a historic African-American neighborhood with many African-American businesses located in North St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.. This neighborhood is a forty-two-square-block bounded by St. Louis Avenue on the north, Martin Luther King Drive on the south, Sarah on the east and Taylor on the west.[3] From 1911 to 1950, The Ville was the center of African American culture within the city of St. Louis.[3]
- ^ Built St. Louis: Homer G. Phillips Hospital
- ^ 2020 Census Neighborhood Results
- ^ a b Saunders, John; Josse, Lynn; Toft, Carolyn; Longwisch, Cynthia; Mitchell, Steven E. "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: The Ville, St. Louis, Missouri MPS" (PDF). Landmarks Association of St. Louis, Inc., and Historic Preservation Program Division of State Parks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-13.