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Allendale, which includes Allendale Terrace and Allendale Park, is considered by many to be the finest non-waterfront area of St. Petersburg. Allendale is noted for its high ground, stately old oak trees, serpentine brick streets, large estate homes built in the 1920s and 1930s, and Allendale Park. The neighborhood is mostly residential with one commercial operation and two churches. Prior to World War II, seventy-four homes were built in Allendale. Many were built by Cade B. Allen in the Mediterranean Revival style of stucco with wrought iron details and tile roofs. There were 186 built from the beginning of the war to 1960, and 50 homes since then.
Historic Home styles include Mediterranean Revival, Mission, Colonial Revival, Ranch, Minimal Traditional, Tudor and both Masonry and Frame Vernacular. Several of the early homes make extensive use of stone in their construction. Many homes have hardwood floors and fireplaces. According to some historians, Allendale 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. 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 primarily for sightseeing, rather than for transportation as there were few houses and no businesses along the route.
Allendale 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 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 Neighborhood Association was started in the summer of 1996, with several formative meetings held at the Grace Lutheran Church. The association conducts four general membership meetings a year. Allendale Boundaries are 34th to 42nd Avenues North from 7th to M.L. King (9th) Streets North plus the area between 34th and 38th Avenues North from M.L. King (9th) Street to Haines Road.
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