Lindenwood Park Directory 2026

2026 | Lindenwood Park Community Directory 34 access to St. Louis jobs and services helped create and continue residential growth in this northwestern area of Lindenwood Park. As more and more people moved into the area from 1890 through 1920, business districts, larger schools and new churches appeared including: Immanuel Congregational (1891) Longfellow Public Elementary (1891) Epiphany of Our Lord (1911) Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Elementary (1912) Lindenwood Public Elementary (Portable classrooms in 1913; current building in 1929) Southwest Baptist Church (1921) Timothy Lutheran (1927) Mallinckrodt School (Portable classrooms in 1928; current school building, 1940) Mount Tabor United Church of Christ (1928) Lindenwood Baptist Church (1932) Word of Life Lutheran (1943) Union United Methodist (1952) Watson Terrace Christian Church (1952) The boom period for development of Lindenwood Park occurred during the 1920s and 1930s between the World Wars. This period coincided with the rise of our automotive culture (commuter service on the Frisco line ended in 1924) and led to the widening and development of its most important commercial corridors along Watson, Chippewa, and Hampton avenues. Most of Lindenwood Park’s residential stock was also built during this time, in an era where, arguably, a higher priority was placed on a home’s beauty, craftmanship, and quality of construction. Certainly, ample evidence of this is found throughout the neighborhood today in its sturdy wood-frame and solid masonry homes and apartments. Lindenwood Park’s housing stock includes numerous, and affordable, St. Louis “gingerbread” and other style homes that combine stone and brickwork to a beautiful level of architectural detail normally found only on much larger, and far more expensive, mansions. By 1950, most major new housing developments had been completed. This history has resulted in today’s thriving neighborhood of approximately 10,000 people. Its residents today enjoy its beautiful, yet affordable, housing, located in a walkable neighborhood within range to many goods, services and superior restaurants, and only a short drive to St. Louis’ world-class cultural attractions, museums, and major sporting events. continued from page 32