Mathilda-Welmering Park
Address:
8301 Mathilda
St Louis
, MO
, 63123
38° 33' 38.1888" N, 90° 18' 44.1432" W
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Contact name:
Avis
Business/organization type:
The Mathilda-Welmering Parksite was purchased in 1960 and opened in 1961 with funds from the 1959 Bond Issue.
Mathilda-Welmering
8301 Mathilda
Saint Louis, MO 63123
6 acres
6 acres
The Mathilda-Welmering Parksite was purchased in 1960 and opened in 1961 with funds from the 1959 Bond Issue. The name of the park comes from the two adjacent streets. Mathilda Avenue was named for the daughter of Fred L. Kerth, who owned and subdivided the original farm here. Mathilda Kerth married Walter R. Anderson and died in 1958. James B. and Alta Z. Welmering owned the land south of the park and laid out Welmering Street between 1938 and 1940.
Park Hours: 8 a.m. to one half hour past official sunset,
except when reservations are issued.
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