Mount Cabanne-Raymond Place Historic District
a.k.a. Academy Neighborhood; Union/Sarah West survey area
Roughly bounded by Kingshighway Blvd., Page Blvd., Union Blvd., and Delmar Blvd., Saint Louis, MO Local significance of the district: Architecture; European
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The Missouri Ozarks region is home to the "Bald Knobbers", a vigilante group that formed in the 1880s to enforce the law in the area. They were named after the bald hilltops where they held their meetings and were known for wearing black hoods and using violence to maintain order.