Located on Government Hill, the World's Fair Pavilion sits on the site of the world's fair Missouri Government that was meant to be permanent but burned only weeks before the closing of the fair. It opened in 1910 as a gift from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Committee and helped to fulfill their promise to restore the park after the 1904 World's Fair. Designed by English architect Henry Wright, the pavilion originally cost $35,000 to build.
In the early 2000s, the building underwent a $1.1 million restoration with the addition of new restrooms and a catering kitchen. The eastern archways of the building were removed (thereby opening the building to its original state), new lighting was installed, and the twin towers of the building were reconstructed.
The Jewel Box (also known as the St. Louis Floral Conservatory and the City of St. Louis Floral Display House) is a greenhouse located in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri. It now serves as a public horticultural facility and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
In 1913, Nelson Cunliff became Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for St. Louis City. Due to high levels of smoke and soot within the city, he began a survey to determine which plants could survive the conditions. He later asked John Moritz, who was in charge of the city's greenhouses, to set up a display greenhouse to showcase various plants which could survive. It is said that someone called the displays "like a jewel box", hence the name. In 1933, Bernard Dickmann became Mayor of St. Louis and decided to build a new facility. The building cost $125,000 and William C. E. Becker, then Chief Engineer of Bridges and Buildings for the city, was assigned to design the building. Construction began on December 12, 1935 and the facility opened on November 14, 1936.
Graham Chapel is located on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis (also referred to as WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university located in the St. Louis metropolitan area and in Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries. Twenty-five Nobel laureates
have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the
major part of their pioneering research at the university. Washington University's undergraduate program is ranked 18th by U.S. News & World Report in 2018 and 11th by the Wall Street Journal in their 2018 rankings. The university is ranked 20th in the world in 2017 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Central West End area of St. Louis, Missouri. Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of its archbishop, currently Robert James Carlson. The cathedral is named for Saint Louis and was designated a basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1997.
The cathedral was built as a replacement for the previous Cathedral of St. Louis located along the Mississippi River.
Although workers began clearing ground for the building on May 1, 1907,
dedication of the Cathedral and its first mass did not take place until
October 18, 1914, when the superstructure was complete. Consecration of the church took place more than a decade later on June 29, 1926. The church is known for its large mosaic installation (which is one of the largest in the Western Hemisphere), burial crypts, and the addition of an outdoor sculpture to promote racial harmony. Read more...
The St. Charles Convention Center is a convention center in St. Charles, Missouri. It opened in April 2005 and is managed by Spectra.
The facility has a 16,200 sq ft. Grand Ballroom, and 27,600 sq ft. of Exhibit Hall space expandable to 35,700 sq ft (3,320 m2).
through the adjacent Junior Ballroom. The facility features additional
meeting rooms, Executive Board Room, and the Cyber Café. Other major
partners include MillerCoors, Yellow Pages, New Frontier Bank, Women's Journals, and Goellner Printing.
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The White House was at one time called the President's Palace, but this gave offense and was dropped.
One of the most notable wedding celebrated at the White House was that of Nellie Grant, who was married May 21, 1874, to a young Englishman, Algernon Charles Frederic Sartoris. She had met him on a steamer coming back from England, and it was understood that President Grant did not approve of the match at first, partly because his daughter was only nineteen years old. The ceremony was performed at 11 A. M. in the East Room.
A breakfast was served in the State dining-room. Fewer than two hundred guests were invited, the list comprising chiefly members of the family, distinguished civil officials, officers of high rank in the Army and Navy, and a dozen or so of the diplomats. The value of the wedding gifts was estimated at sixty thousand dollars.
The only White House wedding in which the Chief Executive has taken the bridegroom's part was celebrated June 2, 1886, when President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom, the daughter of his former law partner. Only a few relatives and notable personages were asked. There was a singular absence of pomp and display, though a presidential salute was fired at the Washington Arsenal. The State apartments were adorned with flowers and tropical plants. The marriage ceremony was performed in the Blue Room.
The first wedding at the White House was that of Miss Maria Monroe, the President's daughter, in 1820. She married Samuel L. Gouverneur. During the Hayes regime Miss Lucy Platt, a niece of Mrs. Hayes, was married at the Executive Mansion to General Russell Hastings, a veteran of the Civil War. General Hastings was a intimate friend of President McKinley, and during his administration was a favorite guest at the White House.
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Four Seasons Hotels Ltd., trading as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, is a Canadian international luxury, five-star hospitality company. Travel + Leisure magazine and Zagat Survey rank the hotel chain's 98 properties among the top luxury hotels worldwide. Readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine have voted Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai, Thailand as among the top ten hotels in the world for three consecutive years. The company has been named one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" by Fortune every year since the survey's inception in 1998, ranking #47 in 2015, and is lauded for having one of the lowest employee turnover rates in the hospitality industry.
The park was named in honor of Father (Père) Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit priest who was the co-leader, with his comrade Louis Jolliet, of a 1673 voyage of exploration on the Mississippi River.Marquette was the first European to map the mouth of the Illinois River, which he and Joliet used to return from the Mississippi to the Great Lakes.
Pere Marquette State Park was founded in 1931 as the Piasa Bluffs State Park, but was soon renamed. The park's heart is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built lodge, first built in the 1930s and later expanded in 1985 to contain seventy-two rooms. A visitor center, with exhibits on local ecology and history, opened in 1997. The lodge and surrounding cabins were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The park contains approximately 12 miles (19 km) of marked trails.
Approximately 230 species of bird have been logged in the park, and a
horseback riding stable operates during the warmer months. There is also
a 2,000-acre (810 ha) public hunting area for deer, squirrel, wild turkey,
and other target species. There are also several launching ramps for
private boats to enter the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.
The park includes a geologic anticline, an upward arching of stratified rock dated to crustal movement circa 200 million years BP. The feature has been named the Lincoln Anticline. At Cap-au-Grès the two sides of the fold can be observed having parted and moved away from each other.
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Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical institutions in the United States and a National Historic Landmark., as well as the National Register of Historic Places.
The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education of
international repute, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis, with
79 acres (32 ha) of horticultural display. It includes a 14-acre
(5.7 ha) Japanese strolling garden named Seiwa-en; the Climatron geodesic dome
conservatory; a children's garden, including a pioneer village; a
playground; a fountain area and a water locking system, somewhat similar
to the locking system at the Panama Canal; an Osage camp; and Henry Shaw’s original 1850 estate home. It is adjacent to Tower Grove Park, another of Shaw’s legacies.
In 1983, the Botanical Garden was added as the fourth subdistrict of the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District.
For part of 2006, the Missouri Botanical Garden featured "Glass in the Garden", with glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly placed throughout the garden. Four pieces were purchased to remain at the gardens. In 2008 sculptures of the French artist Niki de Saint Phalle
were placed throughout the garden. In 2009, the 150th anniversary of
the Garden was celebrated, including a floral clock display.
After 40 years of service to the Garden, Dr. Peter Raven retired from his presidential post on September 1, 2010. Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson replaced him as President.
Theodore C. Link, FAIA, and architect of the Mahler Ballroom in St. Louis, was a German-born American architect. He was born on March 17, 1850 in Germany. He was trained in engineering at the University of Heidelberg and the École Centrale Paris. Link emigrated to the United States, arriving in St. Louis in 1873 to work for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company. In 1875, St. Louis Surveyor Julius Pitzman
recommended him to the job of superintendent of public parks for St.
Louis, and after a four-year interim as a German-language newspaper
publisher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Link returned to St. Louis as one of the architects for the 1904 World's Fair. He also "designed most of the buildings for LSU when the campus was relocated in the 1920's." Link died in Baton Rouge while working on the new Louisiana State University campus, and was interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. In 1995 was awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
"From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Ruth Ezell discovers the Mahler
Ballroom in the Central West End. Built in 1907, the ballroom was
designed by Theodore Link, architect of Union Station, and recently
purchased and renovated by Marsha Shepley."
