A Shelter for Millions of Streetcar Riders in the 1890s

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Lindell Railway Company opened the Lindell Pavilion as a shelter for visitors who took the streetcar to Forest Park for a day's relaxation away from the city. The building was remodelled in 1914 as a golf and tennis locker room and pro shop. After a 1925 fire, the pavilion was rebuilt with only part of the original tower remaining. In 2003, the pavilion underwent extensive renovations and reopened as the Dennis & Judith Visitor and Education Center.

Today's Visitor Center — a Resource for Forest Park's 13 Million Annual Visitors
The Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center, home to much of the Forest Park Forever staff, is an informal Park headquarters for visitors of all kinds. Volunteers answer visitor questions, runners and cyclists meet, and many St. Louisans hold their weddings and special events in this welcome historic space.

The Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center is among dozens of significant landmarks, landscapes and natural areas restored and maintained through the public-private partnership of the City of St. Louis and Forest Park Forever. The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission partners with Forest Park Forever to provide visitor services at the Center.

Forest Park — one of the Great Public Spaces in America* — is St. Louis' big



backyard. Home to extraordinary natural areas, restored historic landmarks, world-class cultural institutions, hundreds of species of wildlife and endless opportunities for recreation and relaxation, the 1,371-acre Park attracts more than 13 million visitors each year.

* American Planning Association, 2013

While Forest Park fell into disrepair during the second half of the last century, a $100 million restoration campaign led by Forest Park Forever and the City of St. Louis initiated a magnificent new era for the Park. Today, Forest Park Forever and the City continue this partnership to restore, maintain and sustain this civic treasure, with more Master Plan restoration projects recently completed, underway and planned for the coming years.

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