More Phil Chew History !

Phil Chew was well connected in St. Louis as he was instrumental not only in promoting the Kinloch Park area (Which eventually became Berkeley) but was well known and obtusely connected to prominent people in St. Louis. Somehow the Lindell's and the Chew's became related and from that some prominent streets in St. Louis received their names. 


Pat (Combs) Hornaday has discovered in her research more about 'Ol Pete! An excerpt from "The Streets of St. Louis" book gives an interesting incite about these streets we all know . His great, great grandson, Lindell Chew is a professor at  UMSL and has filled in a few blank spots that are listed in previous posts. 


Below is a section from this book:

I am attaching the whole page which has other interesting information that you might find interesting about how some streets of St. Louis City proper were named.

(submitted by Patsy (Combs) Hornaday)

I haven't drifted off the our area history but am attempting to give the larger picture of the progression of how the Kinloch, Nuroad and finally Berkeley evolved. Peter Chew with his Sunday real estate promotional trips to the area via the Wabash train caused the "Wealthy Folks" to consider escaping the city  for some "Country Living". (Seddon,  Fordyce, Champ,  Funck, to name a few of them!)

We now know more of how St. Louis streets where named. Berkeley streets were named after some of our Presidents!