Wells/Goodfellow, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Wells/Goodfellow?

Wells/Goodfellow keeps its landmarks on Burd Avenue and at the west end of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. Arlington School dates from 1898, a public schoolhouse by William B. Ittner, who drew more than four hundred school buildings across Missouri and beyond. Wellston Station holds the south-west corner, a decommissioned streetcar station at the old Wellston Loop with a National Register listing of its own.

Goodfellow Boulevard runs between them. The Emmanuel DeHodiamont House stands over in the West End, and Church of the Messiah in Visitation Park, both south of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.

What is the history of Wells/Goodfellow?

Wells/Goodfellow owes its north-west edge to a vote taken downtown. St. Louis chose in 1876 to separate from St. Louis County, and the limit drawn then still closes the neighbourhood on that side, with Wellston, Missouri, beyond it. Arlington School followed in 1898.

Streetcars crossed the line for decades, and the Wellston Loop at the end of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive gathered services from the county. The Hodiamont line, the last streetcar route in St. Louis, ran until 1966, and its right-of-way was paved over for buses.

Where is Wells/Goodfellow?

Wells/Goodfellow sits against the north-west city limit of St. Louis, edged by Natural Bridge Avenue, Union Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.