The Ville, St. Louis
The Ville | |
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The Homer G. Phillips Hospital was built in 1937 to provide medical care to the black residents of a segregated city. | |
Location (red) of the Ville within St. Louis | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| City | St. Louis |
| Wards | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Aldermen | Samuel L. Moore |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.42 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,427 |
| • Density | 3,400/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
| ZIP code(s) | Part of 63113 |
| Area code(s) | 314 |
| Website | stlouis-mo.gov |
The Ville is a historic African-American neighborhood with many African-American businesses located in North St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.. This neighborhood is a forty-two-square-block bounded by St. Louis Avenue on the north, Martin Luther King Drive on the south, Sarah on the east and Taylor on the west. From 1911 to 1950, The Ville was the center of African American culture within the city of St. Louis.