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The section of north St. Louis County, Missouri known as Spanish Lake takes its name from the nearby pond, which local tradition says served as a recreation area for the Spanish soldiers garrisoned at at the Spanish fort Don Carlos founded in 1764. German immigrant named Jacob Wilhelm built the old blacksmith shop in Spanish Lake in 1875. Wilhelm had come to St. Louis to work as an ironworker on the Eads Bridge, the first permanent expansion bridge across the Mississippi. When the Eads Bridge was completed in 1874, Jake Wilhelm moved to Spanish Lake, building a house and shop near the present day intersection of Bellefontaine Road and Parker Road.

 

Address: 2793 W. Meyer Road, Foristell, MO 63348
Telephone: 636-463-7211
Website: http://www.spanishlake.com/