Missouri Botanical Garden, Climatron, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO
Summary
Significance: The world's first completely air-conditioned greenhouse and the first geodesic dome to be enclosed in rigid Plexiglass panels. The broad climactic range within the dome (from the Amazonian rain forest to the cool uplands of India) is achieved by sophisticated controls instead of conventional partitioning.
Survey number: HABS MO-1135-L
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001065
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 37.96425, -91.83183
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html