Clifton Heights Directory 2024

12 2024 | Clifton Heights-Clayton-Tamm Community Directory Ellendale Neighborhood Association ellendalena.wixsite.com/ellendale Meetings: 7 pm on 2nd Monday of odd months Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov. Abbott EMS, 2500 Abbott Pl All meetings streamed through Facebook Live (ellendalena.stl) President: Matthew Sisul | 314-606-3427 | m_sisul@yahoo.com Vice President: Jacqi Kamp Secretary: Susan Moody | smoodyrpr@sbcglobal.net Treasurer: Joe Nea Communications Officer: Torrie Dahmen Boundaries: Manchester Road on the north, I-44 on the south, Hampton Avenue on the east, and the city limits on the west. History: Originally, much of what is now Ellendale was land owned by James E. Sutton, who died in 1877. He bequeathed his land to his nine children. Kate Thomas, one of his daughters, started Ellendale. Although an accident destroyed much of the housing built before the World’s Fair in 1904, some old homes built after the fair, mostly for the executives of Scullin Steel, are still standing. The residential area began to grow in the last years of the 20 th century, helped along by the electric streetcars, which began running to the area in 1896. The area was first opened to industrial activity in the 1850s because of the construction of the Pacific railroad and the mining of clay for firebrick. Coal was also discovered, but not enough to make it a long-term, profitable endeavor. Scullin Steel Co. stood as a landmark in the neighborhood until it ceased production in the 1970s. The former site is now St. Louis Marketplace, located on Manchester Road and Abbott Place. The railroads still run through the area. Originally, the River Des Peres ran through the neighborhood, from its underground beginnings in Forest Park. It was converted to a drainage project, and now all that remains is the valley created by it. This valley forms the main topographical characteristic of the neighborhood. Source: stlouis-mo.gov