St. Charles Historic District - St. Charles, MO
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N 38° 46.672 W 090° 28.990
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Some of the building shown in Wikipedia, are NOT contributing buildings of the district because they are listed as NRHP on their own and should be excluded as part of the district.
Waymark Code: WMXVAQ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2018
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County of district: St. Charles County
Location of district: Roughly bounded by the Missouri River and Madison, Chauncey, and 2nd Sts. , St. Charles
District created: 1970
"The St. Charles Historic District encompasses an area 8½ blocks long
and 1½ blocks wide, fronting on the west bank of the Missouri River.
The Historic District is bounded on the north by the south line of
Madison Street; on the east by the Missouri River; on the south (east
of Main Street) by the north line of Chauncey Street and (west of
Main Street) by a line running along the west line of Main Street
100 feet south from the south line of the Boonslick Road and thence
westwardly 50 feet to a point 50'6" south of the Boonslick Road;
and on the west by an alley running north and south from Boonslick
Road to Madison Street or the extensions of the alley where an alley
does not exist. South Main Street forms the long axis of the district.
(Boundaries established by St. Charles City Ordinance No. 3375, refer
to the attached site plan map.) The district is oriented 22 degrees
east of north.
"Throughout the old section of St. Charles the streets are laid out
in a regular grid with blocks 325 x 250 feet square. Typically the
short sides of the blocks are oriented north and south and the longer
sides, east and west. The longer sides of each block are connected
by an alley which bisects these sides at their midpoint. The St.
Charles Historic District includes blocks 13-20 along the river.
These blocks have an irregular eastern edge which was determined by
the high-water line of the Missouri River. The Historic District's
second range of blocks, on the west side of South Main Street, consists of the eastern halves of blocks 23-30 and the northeast corner
of block 22.
"The area contains a total of approximately 102 buildings of which
approximately 60 are noteworthy, and 10 are worthy of further study
in order to establish their importance within the context of the
district. The greatest concentration of noteworthy structures occurs
on South Main Street between Tompkins Street and First Capitol Drive.
Houses closely resembling those of the district are also scattered
throughout the city of St. Charles, but they are not of sufficient
concentration to warrant including the entire city within the boundaries of the Historic District.
"The structures on South Main Street are aligned, with facades adjacent to the sidewalk and ridge roofs commonly sharing the sane
northeast-southwest orientation as South Main Street. Characteristically the structures are 1# to 2)4 stories high with a rectangular
plan front block and rear ell additions. The ridge roofs of the
front sections are oriented parallel to the street passing in front.
Chimneys" are centered on the vertical midlines of the gable end walls.
In several examples adjacent structures have their gable end walls
abutted. The structures were built for commercial and/or residential
occupancy. The two story structures typically have living quarters
located above the street level businesses." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Maps of the district, original, and boundary increases I, II, & II Increase II & Increase III