1926: Bix Plays The Arcadia Ballroom

Arcadia Ballroom in the 1930s. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A brief history of the Arcadia Ballroom

3517 Olive Street is a parking lot across the street from the St. Louis University Wool Building. A two story building stood here for years, beginning around the time of World War I. Originally the Dreamland Dance Palace, in 1915 it became the Arcadia Ballroom.  

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