Allemania
Street (E-W) Platted as part of the Helena Place Addition of 1904, this
name is an Anglicized version of the French-language geographical name for Germany.
(Morganford)
Angelrodt
Street (E-W) Beginning in George Buchanan's subdivision of 1852, it
commemorates Eugene C. Angelrodt, one of the three founders of the town of Bremen. (Hyde
Park & Bissell- College Hill) Arendes
Arendes Drive (N-S) Appeared
in the Holly Hills subdivision of 1923 in tribute to August Arendes, one of the area's
developers. (Morganford)
Baden Avenue (E-W) Part of
Peter R. Kenrick's 1868 Addition to Baden, it was named for the community of Baden, which
was so named by its founder, Frederick Kraft, in 1852 in honor of his home town, the
German spa of Baden-Baden. (Baden-Riverview)
Bamberger Avenue (N-S) Philip
A. Bamberger named this street when he dedicated his Vineyard Subdivision of 1874, The
developer operated a pleasure garden called Bamberger's Grove on the present site of the
K-Mart Shopping Center. North of Gravois, this street was named Hunt Avenue until 1882.
(Oak Hill)
Beethoven Avenue (E-W) German
composer Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827) was honored in this street name in McDermott and
Hayden's Beethoven Heights Subdivision of 1906. (Oak Hill)
Bischoff Avenue (E-W) A
tribute to Ferdinand Bischoff, a city engineer of the time in the 1868 subdivision of
Fairmont Heights. (The Hill)
Bischoff Place (E-W) In the
1885 subdivision of Clifton Heights, it is a western extension of Bischoff Avenue.
(Clifton)
Bremen Avenue (E-W) For the
city of Bremen, Germany, in Clark and Dillon's Addition of 1849. (Hyde Park &
Bissell-College Hill)
Cologne Avenue (N-S) Located
in the Humboldt Heights Subdivision of 1906, it was named after the city of Cologne,
Germany. (Oak Hill)
Dresden Avenue (N-S) A
tribute to the city of Dresden, Germany, in the 1906 Humboldt Heights Subdivision.
(Morganford) (Oak Hill)
Eichelberger Drive (E-W)
Platted in the Villa Nova Subdivision in 1946. Like its predecessor, it honors Doctor
George F. Eichelberger. (Southwest)
Eichelberger Street (E-W)
Originally named in an early platting of the Carondelet Commons in honor of Doctor George
F. Eichelberger, a member of Carondelet's first city council. From Morganford Road to the
River des Peres, it was Clark Road until 1881. (Marquette-Cherokee) (Oak Hill) (Southwest)
Espenschied Street (E-W)
Named for the Espenschied family, early German settlers in Carondelet who were famous as
manufacturers of high quality covered wagons used to carry settlers to California.
(Carondelet)
Etzel Avenue (E-W) and
Terrace (N-S) In the 1885 subdivision of Gambleton, it was named for Susan R. Etzel, the
land owner. Until 1881, it was named Gay Avenue from Page to Hodiamont. (Cabanne)
Germania Street (E-W)
Originally platted in the 1904 Helena Subdivision at 7300 Gravois, extending one block to
Helvetia Street. Its location now is as an eastward extension along the north side of the
River Des Peres Drainage Works from Gravois Avenue to Alabama Street. The name is a
classical personality reference to the German nation. (Carondelet) (Morganford)
Geyer
Avenue (E-W) Commemorates Henry Sheffie Geyer, a prominent St. Louis
attorney, who defeated Thomas Hart Benton for the United States Senate in 1851. Arriving
in St. Louis in 1815, he became a strong pro slavery Whig. He gained a national reputation
when he argued against the cause of Dred Scott before the Supreme Court in 1854. (Benton
Park) (Compton Hill) (Soulard)
Goethe Avenue (E-W)
Christened in honor of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, dramatist and
novelist, in the Goethe Heights Subdivision of 1909. (Oak Hill) (Southwest)
Hamburg Avenue (E-W) Platted
in McDermott and Hayden's Hanover Heights Addition of 1906, it is named for Hamburg,
Germany. (Morganford)
Hildesheim Avenue (N-S) In
McDermott and Hayden's Hannover Heights Addition of 1906, it was christened for the city
of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony in Germany. The community was famous for its medieval
architecture until destroyed in World War II. (Morganford)
Klemm
Street (N-S) Named for Richard Klemm, a civil engineer and surveyor who
made the plats for the Tyler Place and Dundee Place subdivisions. Dundee Place was
developed in 1889 after Colonel Thomas A. Scott purchased it from William McRee for
$448,000. It covered an area of 138 acres. Part of this tract was subdivided by Mrs. Mary
McRee as McRee City in 1869. Scott also purchased the 96-acre Gibson Heights tract from
William Gibson for $330,000. Gibson Heights, at the southeastern corner of Forest Park,
was opened in 1891. (Shaw)
Koeln Street (E W) Called V
Street in early Carondelet and christened Vine Street in 1854 by city ordinance. It was
renamed in 1882 to honor Christian Koeln, a Carondelet merchant who operated a general
store at Main and Taylor streets after 1850. West of Virginia Avenue, it was originally
Kirk Street. (Carondelet) (Morganford)
Liermann Avenue (E-W) Henry
Liermann, the former owner of the tract on which it was laid out in the Belz Subdivision
of 1902, was honored with this street name. (Oak Hill)
Luther Avenue (E-W) Luther M.
Kennett, mayor of St. Louis for three one-year terms in the 1850s, was honored in this
street name in the 1870 subdivision of the John J. O'Fallon estate. (Baden-Riverview)
Mallinckrodt Street (E-W)
Laid out in Farrar's Addition of 1850, it honors Emil Mallinckrodt, one of the founders of
the town of Bremen and originator of the Mallinckrodt Chemical Company. (Hyde Park &
Bissell-College Hill)
Milentz Avenue (E-W) First
appeared in 1905 in the Hermann Heights and Dixie Place subdivisions on either side of
Gravois Avenue. Milentz is the name of an old south side family of German descent. The
year the developments appeared, there were seven Milentz family listings in the St. Louis
city directories. (Morganford) (Oak Hill) (Southwest)
Nagel Avenue (E-W) At first
this was S Street, but it was renamed St. Louis Street in 1854. In 1881, it became Nagel
Street to recognize Herman Nagel, a Carondelet hat merchant. (Carondelet) (Southwest)
Rauschenbach Avenue (N-S) In
the Union Addition of 1850, it was named for an official of the city street department in
the 1870s. (Old North St. Louis-Yeatman)
Rauss Street (E-W) Named O
Street in old Carondelet and Olive Street in 1854. In 1881, its appellation was changed to
honor John Krauss, a business man, tavern owner and director of the Home Mutual Insurance
Company. (Carondelet)
Salzburger Avenue (N-S)
Originated in 1906 in the Austria Heights subdivision. The family name is derived either
from one of the German places called Salzburg or from the capital city of the province of
Salzburg in west-central Austria. The latter was the birthplace of the composer Mozart.
"Salzburg" means "salt hill." (Morganford)
Schiller Avenue (E-W) Honors
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet, dramatist, historian and philosopher in
the 1868 Garden Suburb. (Baden-Riverview)
Schirmer Street (E-W) Named
for Charles Schirmer, who was elected as a councilman from the Third Ward in the first
Carondelet city election on April 9, 1851. This name was applied to that section of street
between the wharf and Ivory Avenue. From Ivory west to Grand Avenue, this street bore the
name of Menkens Street until 1881, when it was changed to Schirmer. (*Carondelet)
(Morganford)
Sigel Avenue (E-W) Honors
Franz Sigel (1824-1902), a Union Army general in the Civil War, who fought in Missouri and
at the Battle of Bull Run. He was born in Germany and was an idol of the German population
of St. Louis. Appeared in the Goethe Heights Subdivision of 1909. (Oak Hill)
Steins
Street (E-W) Called Steins Street between the wharf and Michigan Avenue to
honor Jacob Steins, an early German settler of Carondelet. He arrived in 1846 and in the
ensuing years was influential in causing many Germans to settle in a section that came to
be known as Stein's Town. From Michigan to Grand Avenue, Steins Street was known as
Heavens Street until 1881. (Carondelet) (Morganford)
Tamm Avenue (N-S) Honors
Jacob Tamm, an early farmer and land owner in the Glades Tract, where the name of Tamm
Road appeared on the 1856 map. It was changed to Tamm Avenue in 1893. (Clifton) (Oakland)
(Southwest)
Toenges Avenue (E-W) Probably
a variant spelling of "Tong," "fork of river", the name of five
different places in England, or from "Tonge", meaning "tongue of
land." Platted in the Toenges Subdivision of 1922 and named for the developer.
(Morganford)
Varrelmann Avenue (N-S)
Appearing in Newport Heights Second Addition of 1905, it was named for Charles Varrelmann,
the street commissioner in the administration of Mayor Rolla Wells. (Oak Hill) |