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Portland and Westmoreland Places, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Portland and Westmoreland Places is a historic district of 94 houses in the Central West End of St. Louis, beside Forest Park.
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Where to stay in Portland and Westmoreland Places
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
The 94 houses behind the district's two street names are private, so a bed here means the surrounding Central West End, where hotels and guesthouses sit within walking distance of both the district and the museum lawns of Forest Park. Museum mornings favour the Forest Park edge. The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Missouri History Museum stand across that grass.
Nearer the Saint Louis Chess Club, the Central West End's restaurants and bars fill the evenings, which makes that side the better base for anyone who would rather walk to dinner than drive.
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The Forest Park edge
The district ends at the northeast corner of Forest Park, so the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Missouri History Museum are a walk across the grass rather than a drive. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in The Forest Park edgeTravellers who want dinner, a bar and a bed inside one walkable neighbourhood of St. Louis.Central West End blocks
The surrounding Central West End carries the hotels, restaurants and bars that the 94 private houses do not, with the Saint Louis Chess Club a few minutes away on foot.Find hotels in Central West End blocksAnyone here for the architecture of the Central West End rather than the crowds in Forest Park.By the Second Presbyterian Church
The blocks around the Second Presbyterian Church repeat the heavy stone of the district's own eighteen-nineties houses, and they stay quiet after dark. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in By the Second Presbyterian ChurchHotel 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- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
- Missouri History Museum
Churches & Religious Sites
3- Second Presbyterian Church Heritage
- Church of the Messiah Heritage
- St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, Convent and Academy Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- Saint Louis Chess Club
Landmarks & Notable Places
6- Emmanuel DeHodiamont House Heritage
- Kate Chopin House Heritage
- Butler House Heritage
- Joseph Erlanger House Heritage
- Dr. Herman S. Dreer House Heritage
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- William Cuthbert Jones House Heritage
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About Portland and Westmoreland Places
What are the main landmarks in Portland and Westmoreland Places?
Portland and Westmoreland Places is its own attraction: 94 houses raised between 1890 and 1960, several of them among the finest late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture in the city. Forest Park begins at the district's corner. Its lawns hold the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Missouri History Museum, the Saint Louis Zoo and the Saint Louis Science Center, with the James S. McDonnell Planetarium beside them.
The Saint Louis Chess Club and the Second Presbyterian Church stand back in the Central West End.
What is the history of Portland and Westmoreland Places?
The oldest of the 94 houses date from about 1890. The rest ran on until about 1960. One walk along the two streets that give the district its name passes styles set down in the eighteen-nineties beside houses raised two generations later.
Seven decades of building left a wide variety of styles on one small piece of the Central West End, and some of these houses rank among the finest late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture in St. Louis.
Where is Portland and Westmoreland Places?
Portland and Westmoreland Places lies against the northeast corner of Forest Park, inside the Central West End of St. Louis, Missouri.
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What is the best area to stay in Portland and Westmoreland Places?
The Forest Park edge: Guests who want museum mornings in Forest Park and a quiet street of old houses to come back to.. Central West End blocks: Travellers who want dinner, a bar and a bed inside one walkable neighbourhood of St. Louis.. By the Second Presbyterian Church: Anyone here for the architecture of the Central West End rather than the crowds in Forest Park..
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Updated October 2026