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Bellefontaine Cemetery is a nonprofit, non-denominational cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri.Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1901, Wainwright fled the United States after being indicted for bribery, but he later returned and died in St. Louis in 1924, then was entombed with his wife. After his death, an endowment was established that provided for the reconstruction or renovation of the tomb in case of earthquake or vandalism. [ 2 ]
Wainwright Tomb. After over 20 years in Paris, with health failing, Wainwright returned to St. Louis and died on November 6, 1924. He is buried in the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb in Bellefontaine Cemetery, commissioned by Wainwright after the death of his wife; [12] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1970 and became a St. Louis Landmark in 1971. [13]
Formerly One SBC Center, tallest building in St. Louis until the construction of One Metropolitan Square. [15] [16] 3 Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse: 557 / 170 28 2000 Second tallest judicial building in the world, tallest building built in St. Louis in the 2000s. [17] [18] 4 One US Bank Plaza: 484 / 148 35 1976
Adler & Sullivan was an architectural firm founded by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in Chicago. Among its projects was the multi-purpose Auditorium Building in Chicago [1] and the Wainwright Building skyscraper in St Louis. [2] In 1883 Louis Sullivan was added to Adler's architectural firm, creating the Adler & Sullivan partnership. [3]
The Wainwright building was commissioned by Ellis Wainwright, a St. Louis brewer.Wainwright needed office space to manage the St Louis Brewers Association. [7] It was the second major commission for a tall building won by the Adler & Sullivan firm, which had grown to international prominence after the creation of the ten-story Auditorium Building in Chicago (designed in 1886 and completed in ...
Tower Grove East is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.The Tower Grove East neighborhood is bordered by Shenandoah Avenue to the north, Nebraska Avenue to the east, Gravois Avenue to the south, and south Grand Boulevard to the west.
The main St. Louis hospital was located at 3933 South Broadway. It also ran the Lutheran School of Nursing at 2639 Miami Street until it shut down in 2022. The hospital claimed that the novel and movie The Exorcist were partly inspired by a 12-week exorcism that took place at this location in 1949, but the wings of that part of the hospital ...