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

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

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Summary

Significance: A well-preserved example of late 19th century funerary art, the mausoleum's main importance is as a monument to the founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-145
Survey number: HABS MO-1135-E
Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1885-1886 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1889 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71001065

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Date

1933 - 1960
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Shaw, Henry
Barnett, George Ingram
Coughlin
Payne
Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Langwith, Richard
von Miller, Ferdinand
Pickel Marble & Granite Company
Theiss, Robert
Theiss Plating Company
Vittert Building Cleaning
Emil Frei, Incorporated
Paul Piaget-Charles van Ravenswaay, photographer
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Macht, Carol, delineator
Dolinsky, Paul D, delineator
Fauber, Suzanne, delineator
Dessauer, Peter, delineator
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
place

Location

St. Louis, Missouri, United States37.96425, -91.83183
Google Map of 37.9642529, -91.8318334
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Library of Congress
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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

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