Maryland-Boyle
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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
 Brought to you by:
The Maryland-Boyle Neighborhood Association
4306 Maryland Avenue
Saint Louis MO 63108

1. RECENT AWARDS to Maryland-Boyle

2. OUR HISTORY in the CWE

   Awards and Grants to Maryland-Boyle

1998
National Night Out Against Crime, Winner
AmerenUE, Community Lighting Grant recipient
Gateway Greening Grant recipient
Operation Brightside Grant recipient (2 grants)

1997
Central West End Association recognizes :

"Paris Bouchard, President ,and Patrick George,
Vice President of the Maryland-Boyle Association
for their volunteer efforts in the Central West End"

National Night Out Against Crime, Winner
Operation Brightside Grant recipient (2 grants)

19990205

   OUR CENTRAL WESTEND HISTORY

Click to read about:

• People and Street Names

• Famous People Lived Here

• Addresses and Architects

People & Street Names of CWE: Interesting Facts  *

BOYLE AVENUE- Named to honor Rev. Joseph Boyle, a friend of Peter Lindell. Originally called Virginia Avenue.

EUCLID AVENUE - Named for a street in Cleveland, Ohio, which was named for the Greek mathematician.

KINGSHIGHWAY - Named for roads separating the common fields from the King's land. Some of Kingshighway was East Street, East of Forest Park while Skinker was known at West Street.

LINDELL BOULEVARD - To honor Peter Lindell, a landowner.

MC PHERSON AVENUE -To honor William M. McPherson

NEWSTEAD AVENUE - Home of Lord Byron, the favorite poet of Nathaniel Pendleton Taylor, who named the street. Was called Cornelia, White, and at one point Mount Vernon.

PENDLETON AVENUE - Named after Nathaniel Pendleton Taylor.

PERSHING AVENUE - To honor Gen. John J. Pershing. Changed from Berlin Avenue during World War I.

TAYLOR AVENUE - In honor of Nathaniel Pendleton Taylor.

WALTON AVENUE - Named after Izaak Walton, a British author.

WESTMINSTER PLACE- Named after Westminster, England. Originally a private street.

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Famous People lived here  *

4446 Westminster Place -
Originally, parent's home of  writer, playwright, and poet T.S. Eliot.

4297 Mc Pherson
Home of Kate Chopin, the author of "The Awakening." [Back to top]

 *  Reference - The Streets of St. Louis, by William B. and Marcella C. Magnan

Architects --

neighborhood homes they designed

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| Boyle |  Lindell  |  Maryland  | McPherson  |  Newstead | Pershing  | Taylor | Westminster  |                   

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April, 1997; revised 19981013