The Ville, St. Louis
| The Ville Neighborhoods of St. Louis, Missouri |
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| The Homer G. Phillips Hospital was built in 1937 to provide medical care to the black residents of a segregated city.[1] | |
| Government | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| City | St. Louis |
| Wards | 4 |
| Aldermen | Samuel L. Morse |
| Statistics | |
| Total area | 0.42 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Population (2010) | 1,868[2] |
| Density | 4,447 /sq mi (1,717 /km2) |
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| ZIP code(s) | Part of 63113 |
| Area code(s) | 314 |
| Website | http://stlouis.missouri.org/ville/ |
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| Location of the Ville within St. Louis. | |
The Ville is a historic neighborhood located in North St. Louis, Missouri.
This neighborhood is bounded by St. Louis Avenue on the North, Martin Luther King drive on the South, Sarah on the East and Taylor on the West.
Prior to the United States Civil Rights movement, the use of restrictive covenants and other legal restrictions prevented African-Americans from finding housing in many areas of the city. As a result, the African American population of St. Louis became heavily concentrated in and around the Ville. The neighborhood became home to a number of important cultural institutions for the black community, including Sumner High School, the first high school for black students west of the Mississippi River, and Homer G. Phillips Hospital, one of the few black teaching hospitals in the United States.
As of the 2000 Census, there are 2,695 people living in The Ville and 8,189 people in the surrounding Greater Ville neighborhood.[3]
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[edit] Education
- Cote Brilliante Elementary School
- Marshall School
- Turner Middle School
- Simmons Elementary School
- Sumner High School
- Williams Middle Community Education Center
[edit] Notable natives
[edit] See also
- Peabody–Darst–Webbe, St. Louis neighborhood of another city hospital
