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Carr Square, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Carr Square is the St. Louis neighborhood bounded by Cass Avenue, Carr Street, North Tucker Boulevard and North Jefferson.
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Where to stay in Carr Square
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Downtown's front desks stop short of Carr Street. The blocks between Cass Avenue and Carr Street are housing, so a night inside Carr Square means a private let rather than a lobby, and the practical choice is a room to the south with the City Museum and the Gateway Arch already in reach. Cass Avenue keeps no lobbies.
Choose this ground if an address on North Jefferson or North 13th Street is the reason you came.
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Carr Square
Carr Square's blocks are housing rather than lodging, so sleeping inside the boundary means a private let off North Jefferson or North 13th Street instead of a front desk. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Carr Squarewalkers who want the City Museum, the National Blues Museum and Campbell House Museum on footDowntown, south of Carr Street
St. Louis keeps its guest rooms below Carr Street, where the City Museum, the National Blues Museum and Campbell House Museum stand within a few blocks of one another.Find hotels in Downtown, south of Carr Streetarrivals who put the Gateway Arch and Citygarden ahead of everything elseThe Gateway Arch side
Rooms gather east toward the river, where the Gateway Arch, Citygarden and the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France sit close together.Find hotels in The Gateway Arch 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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Museums & Galleries
3- Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
- Saint Louis University Museum of Art
Churches & Religious Sites
4- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Heritage
- St. Francis Xavier College Church Heritage
- Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South Heritage
- St. Augustine`s Roman Catholic Church Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Gateway Arch Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- St. Louis Coliseum
Landmarks & Notable Places
5- Campbell House Museum Heritage
- Dr. George Ashe Bronson House Heritage
- Zebediah F. and Mary H. Wetzell House Heritage
- Clemens House-Columbia Brewery District Heritage
- Frederick Newton Judson House Heritage
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About Carr Square
What are the main landmarks in Carr Square?
Cass Avenue and Carr Street enclose no museum. St. Stanislaus Kostka Church and the Shrine of St. Joseph are north side parish churches, and the Clemens House-Columbia Brewery District takes its name from a house and a brewery that once shared these blocks. The Griot Museum of Black History belongs to the same north side.
Downtown holds the rest: the City Museum, the National Blues Museum, Campbell House Museum, Citygarden, and the Gateway Arch at the river.
What is the history of Carr Square?
The name sits on the south line: Carr Street runs there, and Carr Square carries it. Cass Avenue closes the other end. The Clemens House-Columbia Brewery District carries a house and a brewery in its own name, from the years when the blocks north of downtown St. Louis were first built out.
Parishes came with them: St. Stanislaus Kostka Church and the Shrine of St. Joseph were raised for the congregations that filled these streets. The Griot Museum of Black History gathers the record of that north side.
Where is Carr Square?
Five street names fix the edges. Cass Avenue holds the north, Carr Street the south, North Tucker Boulevard and North 13th Street the east, North Jefferson the west.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Carr Square?
Carr Square: a stay fixed by an address between Cass Avenue and Carr Street. Downtown, south of Carr Street: walkers who want the City Museum, the National Blues Museum and Campbell House Museum on foot. The Gateway Arch side: arrivals who put the Gateway Arch and Citygarden ahead of everything else.
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Updated October 2026