Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The site of important botanical research since its inception, the Garden was one of the first institutions in the country for horticultural display and education. Just ten years after it was founded by Henry Shaw in 1858, it was considered to rival the finest such European institutions.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-148

Survey number: HABS MO-1135

Building/structure dates: ca. 1855- 1858 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1868 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1873 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1878 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1891-1895 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1904-1905 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1912-1917 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1945 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1959 Demolished

Building/structure dates: 1959 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1972-1974 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001065

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1939 - 1970

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