The Arch Grounds and the Old Rock House
Written by Carolyn Hewes Toft, Former Executive Director November 1, 1940, looking west on Chestnut Street from Wharf Street. Photograph […]
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Bohemian Hill
Written by Carolyn Hewes Toft, Former Executive Director LaSalle Park in 1975 with 911 Park at the right. Kitty-corner from
Lambert Field
Written by Robert W. Duffy, Landmarks Counselor You’d have to be crazy not to comprehend that Lambert-St. Louis airport is
Testimony on the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act
Written by Michael R. Allen, Former Assistant Director Landmarks’ Michael Allen delivered the following testimony before the Special Committee on
Jerome Bibb Legg (1838-1915)
Born in Schuyler County, Illinois in 1838 or 1839, Jerome Bibb Legg came to St. Louis in 1864 to attend
George Edward Kessler (1862-1923)
Two-year-old George Edward Kessler and his financially secure parents (Clotilde and Edward Karl) immigrated in 1865 from historic Bad Frankenhausen,
William B. Ittner, FAIA (1864-1936)
William Butts Ittner was born in St. Louis in 1864, the first child of Anthony and Mary Butts Ittner. Anthony,
Edward Gordon Garden, FAIA (1871-1924)
Edward Gordon Garden was born in Toronto, Ontario in March of 1871 and educated (1883-87) at Bishop’s College School in
William Sylvester Eames, FAIA (1857-1915)
William S. Eames was born in Clinton, Michigan. His parents, natives of New York State, moved to St. Louis in
Harry G. Clymer, AIA (1873-1958)
In 1921, a biographer wrote: “Not by leaps and bounds, but by an orderly progression, Harry G. Clymer has reached