Carondelet Park Lyle House

01/31/2025

I love my YMCA so much! It has gotten me through this icy dreary January and kept me sane and active!
We’ve been members there for about 13 years now. I really can’t imagine my life without it.
Check it out and join in! I promise you will love it! ❤️

09/16/2021

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11/07/2018

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Carondelet Park, dedicated in July 1876, is a unique, 179-acre natural setting including two lakes, a boathouse, bandstand, picnic pavillions, tennis courts, ball fields, playground and walking paths for the benefit of the community.

09/01/2017

Strange Folk Festival has a new home: Carondelet Park. The announcement was made today on the festival's page after a series of clever clues....

04/02/2017

Happy spring from the Lyle House!

06/04/2016

A view of the Lyle House from the side!

06/04/2016

If you love history and want to learn more about the Lyle House, you must sign up this special tour by Nini Harris!

About the Tour On this walking tour, you will learn about the history of Carondelet Park. Some of the highlights include: Historic bridge Old deer pen Lyle House Boathouse Pavillions Ponds Architecture Landscape of the Park About the Historian NiNi Harris got her first St. Louis History lessons aro...

06/02/2016

A great article article written about the Lyle House!

06/02/2016

History:
Alexander Lyle came from Virginia in the early 1840s, where he had been trained as a carpenter. He built the frame house on land given to his grandfather by the King of Spain. During the Civil War, the Lyle family mysteriously disappeared, probably due to pressures brought about by their southern sympathies. The poet, Eugene Field, acquired the property. In 1840, the area was annexed to the City of St. Louis and now comprises a major section of South St. Louis.
Five years later, the City bought the property surrounding the house for $143,000 and made it into Carondelet Park. It was dedicated on July 4, 1876. It is the oldest frame house still in existence within the City limits.