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Hi-Pointe-De Mun Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“The Hi-Pointe-DeMun Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The district, commonly referred to as "DeMun," is a neighborhood straddling the city limits of St.”
Wikipedia article DeMun, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2005 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listed as. Hi-Pointe--De Mun Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Roughly bounded by S. Skinker Blvd., Clayton Rd., Seminary Place, De Mun Ave., and Northwood Ave., Clayton, 63105
When was it listed? May 2005
Category. district
Township. Hadley township
National Register reference number. 05000370 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hi-Pointe-De Mun Historic District between 2006 and 2014, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
18 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
9 October 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 80 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of Hi-Pointe-De Mun Historic District: 77 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1	Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Delore Barite Mill	Barium-Barite	Producer
Krummel and Buchner Mine	Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
St Louis Perlite Plant	Perlite	Producer
Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal	Past Producer
Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal	Past Producer
Coffin Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No 7	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Evans and Howard Fireclay Mine No.6	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Gilker Fireclay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this property

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 deaths. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2008	Flash Flood	Clayton	3 killed	The remnants of Hurricane Ike moved through the midwest dumping between 3 and 6 inches of rain in just under 6 hours on already saturated soils. This caused widespread flash flooding over St. Louis County. One of the hardest hit areas was University City. Two people drowned in University City when trying to move their vehicles away from the rising flood waters. Another person was killed when a large tree limb that was struck by lightning fell on her in Ladue. Other areas affected by the flash flooding were Hazelwood, Ferguson, Brentwood, Maplewood, Rock Hill, Webster Groves, and Florissant. Over 600 homes, apartments and business were affected by the flooding. Numerous water rescues had to be performed when people drove their vehicles into flooded roadways and became stuck in the flood waters.
May 2004	Hail	Clayton	$1,000,000	no account filed
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	$4,400	Winds gusted to 63 miles an hour at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport and power lines were blown down in Chesterfield. Ham radio spotters also reported downed trees and power lines across various other sections of the county as the storms moved through.
May 2025	Tornado (EF2)	Clayton	-	NWS Survey determined a tornado touched down in west Clayton, twisting power poles, guttering, and trees as it tracked east. In Richmond Heights, the tornado blew out the windows of St. Mary's Hospital. It also damaged its exterior and threw insulation and metal around the area. At Washington University large fences and trees were blown over. The tornado then continued into St. Louis City.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Clayton	-	Up to four inches of rain fell in a three hour period causing flash flooding across the eastern portions of St. Louis County, including University City, Glendale, Brentwood and Maplewood areas. Numerous roads were flooded including McKnight Road where Deer Creek flows under it, Olive Blvd. and Skinker Blvd. intersection, and Waldron Avenue north of Olive Blvd.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree on Washington Avenue.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and tree limbs in Clayton and University City.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	A one and a half foot diameter tree was blown down onto an unoccupied car near the intersection of Delmar Blvd. and Midland Blvd.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	Several power lines were blown down. One power line landed on an occupied car. No one was injured.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	Thunderstorm winds caused moderate roof damage to the St. Louis County Police Headquarters in Clayton. About a 50 foot by 50 foot section of the roof was peeled back by the thunderstorm winds. Also, nearby awnings and store signs were damaged and several small trees were snapped off along the street.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	Emergency management officials reported the car of an off-duty police officer was moved 3 feet at Wydown and Big Bend Road.
April 2003	Hail	Clayton	-	Amateur radio spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2025	Hail	Clayton	-	no account filed
March 2015	Hail	Clayton	-	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Clayton	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Clayton	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Clayton	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Wiltshire and Versailles Historic Buildings	0.2 miles	1982
Medart's	0.3 miles	2011
Hi-Pointe-De Mun Historic District (Boundary Increase)	0.4 miles	2007
Wydown-Forsyth District	0.5 miles	1988
Bellecourt Apartments	0.5 miles	2002
Haarstick-Whittemore Houses	0.6 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 05000370 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Louis County	All 663 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.