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Allendale Terrace is located between
42nd and 34th Avenues North and bound between 7th Street
and 9th Street North (Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard).
Consisting of stately old oak trees, brick streets,
and large estate homes built in the 1920's and 1930's;
it can trace its roots to a 1920 hurricane. According
to historians, the 1920's hurricane dampened interest
for waterfront living.
Allendale Terrace is considered to be
one of the finest non-waterfront areas of St. Petersburg.
An Allendale Terrace Neighborhood Association was started
in the summer of 1996 to sustain a history of excellence.
Allendale
Terrace homes
range from the $200's to the $1 millions.
The Allendale Terrace section of St. Petersburg is
noted for being on high ground, stately old oak trees,
large estate homes built in the 1920s and 1930s, brick
streets, and Allendale Park. The neighborhood is mostly
residential with one commercial operation and two churches.
Seventy-four homes were built prior to World War II.
There were 186 built from the beginning of the war
to 1960, and 50 homes since then. The homes are 86
percent owner-occupied, 63 homes with pools, 94 homes
have fireplaces, and the median heated square footage
is 1,500. Allendale Terrace is considered by many to
be the finest non-waterfront area of St. Petersburg.
HISTORY
According to some historians, Allendale Terrace
can trace its roots to a 1920s hurricane. A picture
of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club underwater, publicized
in the St. Petersburg Times, dampened some of the interest
in waterfront property that Snell was developing at
that time. Cade B. Allen purchased 160 acres of high
ground bound to the east by 7th Street North, to the
west by 12th Street, to the south by 34th Avenue, and
to the north by 42nd Avenue. Haines Road, a major road
to downtown St. Petersburg, was part of the southwestern
edge of Allendale Terrace.
Ninth Street (then known as Euclid Boulevard) was
the major street in the development and the first houses
built faced it. A trolley line ran from downtown to
34th Avenue North and then turned east to Locust Street
NE. It was more for sightseeing than it was for transportation
since there were few houses and no businesses along
the route.
ORGANIZATIONS / PROGRAMS
Allendale Terrace may have been the first neighborhood association in
St. Petersburg to form. Established mainly to stop a developer from
building a commercial building on 9th Street between 35th and 36th
Avenues, the organization achieved little else. The developer was unable
to get the zoning change he needed and was stuck with the land he had
already purchased. This organization faded away, but was continued
in spirit by the Allendale Terrace Garden Club. The Garden Club was
never formally organized; however they erected the signs that stand
today at the entrances to the neighborhood and made improvements to
Allendale Park.
The Allendale Terrace Neighborhood Association was
started in the summer of 1996, with several formative
meetings held at the Grace Lutheran Church. During
these monthly meetings by-laws were written and adopted,
the city mayor spoke and officers were elected. The
1997 Charter Officers were Hardy W. Bryan, President;
Gary Stempinski, Vice President; Bill Lane, Treasurer
and Arlene Smith, Secretary. The four Directors were:
Marie Stempinski, Bernie Smith, Patsy Buker and Chris
Hollands. The association conducts four (4) general
membership meetings a year, which are informative programs
rather than traditional business meetings. The board
meets nine (9) times a year and conducts most of the
business.
BOUNDARIES
34th to 42nd Avenues North from 7th to Martin Luther King (9th) Streets
North plus the area between 34th and 38th Avenues North from Martin
Luther King (9th) Street to Haines Road. |
