Kingsland Court was first platted in late 1913, and judging from the photo about from 1920, was slow to develop. Interestingly, an ordinance was passed by the Board of Aldermen in 1916 to extend the street to Louisiana Avenue, but that never happened, with the court instead ending in a stone retaining wall.

The Christian Brinkop Real Estate Company built twelve houses on the street, six in one year, and the remaining six the next year in 1914.

According to news reports at the time, the area was known as “St. Anthony’s Heights,” no doubt following the pattern at the time of naming neighborhoods after nearby parishes such as St. Anthony of Padua, further up Meramec. The article stated that due to new streetcar lines increasing traffic, the area was becoming more developed.

The Feasting Fox was opening nearby, as well.

Interestingly, two six-family apartment buildings were planned, but seem to have never been built; there is no evidence that any houses have been demolished on the street. The entrance gates have been moved back away from Grand Boulevard. This of course is the location of the first Ted Drewe’s, older than the more crowded one of Chippewa Avenue.

Property values in 1914 were $50 to $75 a square foot on Grand and Meramec and $35 to $45 on side streets, while corner lots on major streets including Virginia Avenue skyrocketed to $80 a square foot.