South Fourth Street Commercial District
740-908 S. Fourth St., 319 Gratiot, 317-321 Lombard, Saint Louis, MO Local significance of the district: Architecture; Commerce
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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 state of Missouri was actually named after a tribe of Sioux Indians called the Missouris, whose name means "town of the large canoes".