County of district: St. Charles County
Location of district: bounded by Kingshighway , Elm St., Watson St. & Gamble St., St. Charles
"The Lindenwood Neighborhood Historic District is located in St. Charles, Missouri, which was founded in
1769, incorporated in 1809 and became the St. Charles County seat in 1812. The city of more than 68,000
residents is situated on the west bank of the Missouri River, near its confluence with the Mississippi River,
approximately 20 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis (see Figure 10). The district is located 0.8 mile
northwest of the Missouri River and the St. Charles Historic District (NR 9/22/70, with boundary increases
6/4/87, 5/1/91 and 10/10/96), which is the city’s historic downtown commercial area concentrated on Main
Street. It is immediately east of Lindenwood University and adjacent to the Midtown Neighborhood
Historic District (NR 10/29/2014), which is to the southeast.
"Containing 22.0 acres, the Lindenwood district is composed of portions of seven blocks bounded by Gamble
Street on the west, Elm Street on the north, the alley between Kingshighway and Houston Streets on the
east, and Watson Street on the south. Annexed into the city in 1894, this area is composed of three
residential subdivisions that were established during the first five years of the twentieth century: Glosier’s
Subdivision (1902), Glosier’s Subdivision #2 (1905) and Lindenwood Heights (1905). Although the
Lindenwood Neighborhood extends southward to North Kingshighway, the properties along this street were
excluded from the district’s boundaries because the street has lost its historic residential character. The
properties facing Kingshighway have been rezoned to General Business District and the street is now a busy
four-lane artery. Several historic houses were demolished to make way for a Quik Trip gasoline
station/convenience store and another house and a commercial building have been extensively altered.
"The district contains only residential buildings and their outbuildings. None of the buildings pre-date the
establishment of the subdivisions, and only one of the primary buildings was built after 1956. The whiteand blue-collar residential neighborhood contains 108 contributing buildings (69 primary buildings, 39
outbuildings), 1 contributing site, 41 noncontributing buildings (14 primary buildings, 27 outbuildings) and
3 noncontributing structures. Of the primary buildings, 83% are contributing and 17% are noncontributing,
and of the total number of noncontributing buildings, 70% are modern or altered garages and sheds that are
located at the rear of the properties where they are minimally visible from the street. None of the buildings
were previously listed in the National Register.
"The houses date from the turn of the twentieth century to the mid-twentieth century and reflect influences of
the popular styles and forms of their era, including Queen Anne and Queen Anne Free Classic, Folk
Victorian, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Craftsman and Minimal Traditional.
There are also vernacular forms, including the Gable Front, Gable-Front-and-Wing, Pyramidal, Bungaloid
and Ranch types. Many of these vernacular forms display at least some detailing typical of the architectural
styles that were popular during the period they were built. Unlike the city’s other older residential areas,
this neighborhood has a small percentage (11%) of brick buildings and is noteworthy because it contains
three houses (1504, 1508 and 1606 Watson Street) and one garage (120 Anderson Street) constructed of
rusticated concrete blocks." ~ NRHP Nomination Form