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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.
About Tower Grove South
Where to stay in Tower Grove South
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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.
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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Updated September 2026