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Midtown St. Louis, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Midtown St. Louis holds Saint Louis University and the arts blocks along Grand Boulevard, three miles west of the city riverfront.
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Where to stay in Midtown St. Louis
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Grand Boulevard sets the choice. Rooms sit close to the Saint Louis University campus, which puts the Saint Louis University Museum of Art and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis within a short walk of most doors.
Lindell Boulevard carries the quieter blocks. A downtown room means the three miles back east to the riverfront.
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Grand Boulevard at Lindell
The crossing puts the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis inside one walk, with the campus gates on the other corner.Find hotels in Grand Boulevard at LindellQuiet evenings within sight of St. Francis Xavier College ChurchThe Saint Louis University campus edge
The Desloge Chapel and the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art stand inside the same few blocks, and the streets empty once lectures end.Find hotels in The Saint Louis University campus edgeStays that want the Grand Boulevard arts blocks on foot but not under the windowWest along Lindell Boulevard
The larger houses take over west of the crossing, and the traffic of Grand Boulevard drops away behind them.Find hotels in West along Lindell BoulevardHotel 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
6- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Heritage
- St. Francis Xavier College Church Heritage
- Immaculate Conception Church and Rectory Heritage
- Second Presbyterian Church Heritage
- Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South Heritage
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- St. Augustine`s Roman Catholic Church Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
2- Saint Louis Chess Club
- St. Louis Coliseum
Landmarks & Notable Places
7- Campbell House Museum Heritage
- Kate Chopin House Heritage
- Butler 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
- Frederick Newton Judson House Heritage
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About Midtown St. Louis
What are the main landmarks in Midtown St. Louis?
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis anchor the Grand Boulevard arts blocks, and Saint Louis University adds two of its own. They are the Saint Louis University Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. St. Francis Xavier College Church fronts Grand Boulevard at the campus edge.
The Desloge Chapel stands close behind. The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site preserves a ragtime composer's rooms a short way off.
What is the history of Midtown St. Louis?
Saint Louis University sets the age of these blocks. Its lecture halls and its College Church stand on either side of Grand Boulevard, and the campus has held that ground while galleries and museums gathered around it. Older congregations left their own marks: St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the Immaculate Conception Church and Rectory, and the Second Presbyterian Church.
The Desloge Chapel joins them. Much later the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts took a Grand Boulevard address.
Where is Midtown St. Louis?
The crossing of Grand Boulevard and Lindell Boulevard fixes Midtown's centre, with the Saint Louis University campus spreading south and the riverfront three miles east.
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What is the best area to stay in Midtown St. Louis?
Grand Boulevard at Lindell: Days that run between the Saint Louis University Museum of Art and the Grand Boulevard galleries. The Saint Louis University campus edge: Quiet evenings within sight of St. Francis Xavier College Church. West along Lindell Boulevard: Stays that want the Grand Boulevard arts blocks on foot but not under the window.
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Updated October 2026