7220 Watson Rd
Saint Louis, MO 63119
Office Property For Sale

POPULATION 1 MILE 3 MILES 5 MILES 12,445 138,919 346,401 HOUSEHOLDS 1 MILE 3 MILES 5 MILES 6,656 70,139 166,380 AVG HH INCOME 1 MILE 3 MILES 5 MILES $86,109 $79,717 $85,376 The City of Shrewsbury, Missouri is located along the St Louis City limits and about 10 minutes west of Downtown St Louis via Interstate 44. Shrewsbury was officially incorporated in 1913. The land that the city now occupies was originally a 278-acre farm owned by the Civil War general, John Murdoch. He named his farm “Shrewsbury Park” after an English village. City leaders chose to continue using the name when it was incorporated. The city also has a street named “Murdoch” after General John Murdoch. In 1938, the United States government offered financial aid to the city of Shrewsbury, and land was acquired for the construction of a new city hall replacing the 1912 original. The new City Hall building was completed in October 1938. Shrewsbury’s new fire engine house and state-of-theart equipment were dedicated in 1947; it was during this period that the Shrewsbury Garden Club was formed to maintain the beautiful trees and flowers throughout the city. The early 1950s were marked by the expansion of the public bus routes to connect Shrewsbury to St. Louis. The 1960s and ‘70s were times of great community growth, noted by the construction of city parks, a municipal pool, and Interstate 44. The 1980s and ‘90s saw increased development of new homes, condominiums, apartments, shopping areas, and a new and improved City Center, which opened May 8, 1993, to coincide with Shrewsbury’s 80th year of incorporation. With the opening of the City Center, the previous City Hall building was converted to house the police and fire departments, and is now called the Public Safety Building. Construction finished in 2006 on the Shrewsbury–Lansdowne Interstate 44 St. Louis MetroLink station on the eastern edge of the city, at Lansdowne Avenue and River Des Peres Boulevard. Shrewsbury’s Walmart Supercenter opened for business in 2015