TUNES ON TAP 2026

 
Benton Park Neighborhood Association presents

Tunes
on Tap

Six gardens. Seven musicians. Historic Benton Park. Spend an afternoon wandering through the neighborhood, listening to live music and getting nosy about the houses.

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Saturday October 3, 2026
Time 12–4 PM
Where Benton Park
The afternoon Gardens + music + history
The neighborhood is the venue

Take the long way around.

Tunes on Tap is a walking garden tour with live music scattered through Benton Park. Follow the route from garden to garden, stop for a song, and pay attention to the neighborhood between them.

Along the way you'll pass houses built by carpenters, lawyers, brewers and bakers; German-influenced Second Empire architecture; former Lemp Brewery stables; and a beer cave hiding beneath the neighborhood.

Wander. Listen. Look up at the buildings. Meet somebody. You have four hours. There is no reason to hurry.

The point is pretty simple: beautiful gardens, good music and your neighbors on the sidewalk.

Along the route

The buildings have stories.

Benton Park rewards people who look up. Here are a few things worth noticing while you're walking between gardens.

STOP 01

1933
Withnell Ave.

Built 1903 Early 20th-century vernacular Henry Schaumburg Cost $5,500

The story

This four-family flat was built in 1903 after shoemaker Frank H. Huemmler sold the lot to carpenter Andreas Mueller, who likely had a hand in constructing the building himself.

The surrounding land had once been subdivided by Concordia Seminary. Withnell was originally called Washington Street, and Washington Brewery operated nearby before the street was renamed in 1884.

Look for The broad arched entrance, flat roof and decorative brick parapet. The entrance arch carries a little Romanesque Revival influence into an otherwise classic St. Louis flat.
STOP 02

2621
Lemp Ave.

Built 1888 Italian Renaissance Revival Cost $7,000 Formerly Cambria Street

The story

This two-family townhouse was built for Leopold Freund and his brothers. Their family bakery had operated in St. Louis since 1857 and became known for its rye bread.

By the late 19th century the Freund brothers had expanded from bread into real-estate development, building several investment properties around Benton Park.

Architecture No architect has been conclusively identified. The building was likely constructed by Klutho and Boeke, who completed other projects for the Freund family.
STOP 03

1908
Victor St.

Built 1885 Second Empire Henry E. Peipers Cost $4,000

The story

Lawyer John B. Roeder commissioned this house in 1885. Albert Weisert, later president of the Weisert Bros. Tobacco Company, moved here in 1893.

Look for The steep mansard roof and rounded arch over the front door. German architects working in south St. Louis blended their own design traditions into the French-inspired Second Empire style.
STOP 04

3311
Lemp Ave.

Built 1884 Second Empire Cost $4,000

The story

Carpenter Anton Michel built this house in 1884 after living in a smaller house next door. Michel also worked on construction at the rapidly expanding Lemp Brewery.

In 1888, he suffered a serious head injury after being struck by a falling brick while working on a new brewery building. He survived and continued living here until 1907.

Look for Round-arched windows, a steep mansard roof and a single dormer — another example of German influence appearing in Benton Park's Second Empire houses.
STOP 05

2900
Missouri Ave.

Built 1884 Late 19th-century vernacular Cost $2,700

The story

Teacher Joseph A. Schneider had this corner building constructed in 1884. Grocer and butcher William Kupferer rented the corner storefront and lived upstairs.

Look for Arched brick window openings and the flat roof. The building has some similarities to Italianate architecture while remaining a great example of late-19th-century St. Louis vernacular design.
STOP 06

1821
Cherokee St.

Built 1895 German Renaissance Revival E. Jungenfeld & Co. Cost $12,000

The story

Adam Lemp once owned this land and operated a beer garden on the site before subdividing it in 1855.

The Lemp family later acquired the land again as the brewery expanded along Cherokee Street. William J. Lemp Sr. commissioned this building in 1895 for use as brewery stables.

Look for German Renaissance Revival architecture and its round arches — an example of Rundbogenstil, the round-arch style popular among German architects in the 19th century.
Find your way around

Your Tunes on Tap map.

The gardens are the destinations. Benton Park is everything in between. Use the interactive map to find each stop and take your time getting there.

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Saturday, October 3

Get out in the neighborhood.

Six gardens. Seven musicians. Four hours wandering Benton Park with people who had the same good idea you did.

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