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Tower Grove South, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Tower Grove South is a streetcar-built neighbourhood on the south side of St. Louis, once known as Oak Hill.
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Where to stay in Tower Grove South
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Tower Grove South keeps its beds between two shopping streets. Grand Boulevard runs the eastern edge and Morganford Road carries the western trade, so most rooms and rented flats sit within a few blocks of one or the other. Arsenal Street caps the north.
Neither strip carries hotel signs, so travellers take a short-let flat on the quiet blocks around Juniata Street or book downtown and ride in. Choose here if you want a residential street with a commercial one at the end of it.
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Grand Boulevard edge
Grand Boulevard carries the densest run of commercial frontage in Tower Grove South, and Arsenal Street turns off it towards the rest of the south side.Find hotels in Grand Boulevard edgequieter western blocks with the Morganford Road shops in walking reachMorganford Road side
Morganford Road holds the western concentration of trade, and Chippewa Street closes the neighbourhood a few blocks further south.Find hotels in Morganford Road sidedrivers arriving along Kingshighway Boulevard on the western limitKingshighway Boulevard edge
Kingshighway Boulevard bounds Tower Grove South to the west and feeds straight back into the wider street grid of St. Louis.Find hotels in Kingshighway Boulevard edgeHotel 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
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About Tower Grove South
What are the main landmarks in Tower Grove South?
Tower Grove South counts a listed school, two churches, and a library branch among its landmarks. The Horace Mann School, a Tudor Revival schoolhouse by the architect William Ittner, stands at 4047 Juniata Street. Two churches hold interior corners.
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church sits at 4115 Connecticut Street, carrying the neighbourhood's older name, and the Church of the Holy Innocents marks the junction of Tholozan Avenue and Morganford Road. The Carpenter Branch library, by the architect Wilbur Trueblood, faces Grand Boulevard at the eastern edge. Tower Grove Park lies across Arsenal Street, north of the neighbourhood.
What is the history of Tower Grove South?
Tower Grove South carried the name Oak Hill first. Streetcar lines did the rest. Most of the housing went up after those lines were extended south from downtown St. Louis, so the blocks between Arsenal Street and Chippewa Street read as one continuous building period.
Grand Boulevard and Morganford Road took the shops.
Where is Tower Grove South?
Arsenal Street caps Tower Grove South on the north and Chippewa Street on the south, with Kingshighway Boulevard and Grand Boulevard closing the sides.
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What is the best area to stay in Tower Grove South?
Grand Boulevard edge: evenings on the Grand Boulevard shopfronts at the eastern boundary. Morganford Road side: quieter western blocks with the Morganford Road shops in walking reach. Kingshighway Boulevard edge: drivers arriving along Kingshighway Boulevard on the western limit.
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Updated October 2026