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Forest Park Information
Saint Louis Forest Park - In 1876, Forest Park was created from 1,371 acres
of land west of downtown St. Louis. By the 1890s, the public park was widely
used for recreation with bicycle paths, baseball diamonds and lawn tennis
courts. An expanded lake provided parkgoers with an opportunity for boating in
the summer and skating in the winter. Funds were raised to develop the St. Louis
Zoo by the Forest Park Zoological Association.
The western half of the metropolitan park was used as the site for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in 1904. Today, the Saint Louis Art Museum occupies one of
the few remaining structures built for the Fair. The Missouri Historical Society
is comprised of the new Emerson Electric Center and the Jefferson Memorial
Building. The building was the first memorial built to honor Thomas Jefferson
and was funded with proceeds from the 1904 Fair.
A natural amphitheater near Art Hill was developed as The Muny in 1917 with
proceeds from a theatrical production called the Pageant and Masque which was
performed on a stage built over part of the Grand Basin.
In 1936, an Art Deco-style Conservatory opened in Forest Park. The Jewel Box is
surrounded by rose gardens, lily ponds, statuary and monuments and houses
seasonal displays.
The site of a razed Mounted Police Station became space for the McDonnell
Planetarium which was completed in 1963. In 1984, the city sold the Planetarium
to the Museum of Science and Natural History. The building, renamed the St.
Louis Science Center, is connected by a highway overpass and tunnel to its new
headquarters, south of Forest Park.