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JeffVanderLou, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
JeffVanderLou is a neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri, drawn between North Jefferson Avenue, North Vandeventer Avenue and Delmar Boulevard.
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Where to stay in JeffVanderLou
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
A bed between Delmar Boulevard and Natural Bridge Avenue is hard to find, so the search moves out to the North Jefferson Avenue side or south across Delmar. The Delmar side reads best for anyone who came for ragtime, since the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site stands on that line and the blocks below it hold the nearer places to sleep. Jefferson works differently.
From there the walk in to The Griot Museum of Black History takes minutes.
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The Delmar Boulevard edge
Delmar Boulevard is the southern line of JeffVanderLou, and the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site stands on it, so the ragtime address is reached in blocks rather than by car.Find hotels in The Delmar Boulevard edgeAnyone visiting The Griot Museum of Black History who is content to sleep a short ride east of North Jefferson Avenue.Inside North Jefferson Avenue
North Jefferson Avenue shuts the eastern side, and The Griot Museum of Black History sits back from it among residential blocks that keep no hotel of their own. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Inside North Jefferson AvenueTravellers arriving by car who need North Vandeventer Avenue and Natural Bridge Avenue close at the start of the day.Toward North Vandeventer Avenue
North Vandeventer Avenue marks the northwest corner where Natural Bridge Avenue runs off it, and the streets past that line hold the Chuck Berry House. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Toward North Vandeventer AvenueHotel 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
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- St. Francis Xavier College Church Heritage
- Shrine of St. Joseph Heritage
- Antioch Baptist Church Heritage
- Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South Heritage
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Stadiums & Sports
3- St. Louis Coliseum
- Union Grounds
- Red Stocking Baseball Park
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- Chuck Berry House Heritage
- Campbell House Museum Heritage
- Kate Chopin House Heritage
- Dr. George Ashe Bronson House Heritage
- Dr. Herman S. Dreer House Heritage
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- Zebediah F. and Mary H. Wetzell House Heritage
- Clemens House-Columbia Brewery District Heritage
- Frederick Newton Judson House Heritage
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About JeffVanderLou
What are the main landmarks in JeffVanderLou?
The Griot Museum of Black History holds the record of Black St. Louis a short walk in from North Jefferson Avenue. Ragtime keeps an address on Delmar Boulevard. The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site preserves the rooms the composer worked in there, and the Chuck Berry House stands a little past the northwestern line.
Museums of another scale wait east of North Jefferson Avenue, among them the City Museum, the Campbell House Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.
What is the history of JeffVanderLou?
The name carries Jefferson and Vandeventer inside it. North Jefferson Avenue has long held the eastern edge and North Vandeventer Avenue the northwestern one, with the city itself supplying the syllable at the end, so the three parts of JeffVanderLou can still be walked in a morning. Delmar Boulevard closes the south.
The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site stands on that line, in the rooms the ragtime composer kept during his St. Louis years, and the Chuck Berry House marks a second musician's address in the streets past the northwestern boundary.
Where is JeffVanderLou?
Natural Bridge Avenue angles across the northeast, while North Compton Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive cut off the southwestern corner.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in JeffVanderLou?
The Delmar Boulevard edge: Guests who want the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site on their doorstep and a bed just south of Delmar Boulevard.. Inside North Jefferson Avenue: Anyone visiting The Griot Museum of Black History who is content to sleep a short ride east of North Jefferson Avenue.. Toward North Vandeventer Avenue: Travellers arriving by car who need North Vandeventer Avenue and Natural Bridge Avenue close at the start of the day..
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Updated October 2026