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Benton Park, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Benton Park is a south-side St. Louis neighbourhood west of Soulard, its brick blocks framed by Gravois Avenue and Cherokee Street.
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Where to stay in Benton Park
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Soulard sits immediately east, and most of the guest rooms in this part of St. Louis sit with it. Benton Park itself trades in houses rather than lobbies.
Cherokee Street along the southern boundary and Gravois Avenue along the northern one give the two obvious approaches, and both leave Chatillon-DeMenil House within an easy walk.
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Cherokee Street edge
Cherokee Street draws the southern boundary, with St. Francis de Sales Church standing a few blocks off it. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Cherokee Street edgeGuests planning slow mornings around Chatillon-DeMenil HouseChatillon-DeMenil blocks
Chatillon-DeMenil House anchors the quieter middle streets, set back from the Gravois Avenue traffic. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Chatillon-DeMenil blocksAnyone content to sleep in Soulard and walk west each morningSoulard side
Soulard begins past the eastern boundary and holds most of the beds within walking reach of Benton Park.Find hotels in Soulard sideHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around St. Louis
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Churches & Religious Sites
3- St. Francis de Sales Church Heritage
- Immaculate Conception Church and Rectory Heritage
- St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral
Landmarks & Notable Places
4- Chatillon-DeMenil House Heritage
- William Buehler House Heritage
- Charles Stockstrom House Heritage
- George F., Jr. and Carrie Tower House Heritage
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About Benton Park
What are the main landmarks in Benton Park?
The list leans heavily on churches. St. Francis de Sales Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral and the Immaculate Conception Church and Rectory sit within the same handful of blocks, and Desloge Chapel makes a fifth. Chatillon-DeMenil House, William Buehler House and Charles Stockstrom House answer for the domestic side of the same list, and The Naked Truth sits among them without a congregation or a family name.
What is the history of Benton Park?
Names cause the trouble here. Benton Park and Benton Place are separate things, the first a neighbourhood on the south side of St. Louis and the second a private street inside Lafayette Square, and the written record goes out of its way to say so. The naming is better documented than the founding.
What the neighbourhood keeps instead is a building stock that carries family names, among them Chatillon-DeMenil House, William Buehler House and Charles Stockstrom House.
Where is Benton Park?
Gravois Avenue closes the northern edge and Cherokee Street the southern, with Jefferson Avenue west and I-55 east. Soulard begins past that eastern line.
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What is the best area to stay in Benton Park?
Cherokee Street edge: Visitors who want the Cherokee Street shopfronts as their front door. Chatillon-DeMenil blocks: Guests planning slow mornings around Chatillon-DeMenil House. Soulard side: Anyone content to sleep in Soulard and walk west each morning.
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Updated October 2026