Webster Groves

Tom Cooper, Emma DeLooze-Klein, Deborah Ladd

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781439650875
• Edition: 0
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Drive down almost any street in Webster Groves and one is filled with a sense of timelessness. Entire neighborhoods are in the National Register of Historic Places, and there are lovingly preserved century homes, beautiful old churches, avenues lined with gardens, and shopping districts more reminiscent of small-town America than a thriving suburb next door to the city of St. Louis. History runs deep here, as it is home to the first chapter of the Red Cross and the first Boy Scout Troop west of the Mississippi, the oldest women's organization in Missouri, the first professional fire department, and the first public library in St. Louis County. North Webster once held the only accredited high school for African American students in St. Louis County. Beginning as a site of country homes for St. Louis professionals, growing through a post-World War II boom that expanded into new neighborhoods, Webster Groves has remained true to its heritage and history.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Early Webster Groves
• 2. Webster Groves Churches
• 3. Neighborhoods in Webster Groves
• 4. Education in Webster Groves
• 5. Business Development in Webster Groves
• 6. The Community of Webster Groves
• Bibliography