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Tower Grove Park, Sailboat Pond, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Tower Grove Park, Sailboat Pond, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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Summary

Significance: This is one of the principal water features of Tower Grove Park and is a well-preserved example of the Romantic landscape design favored by British and American architects in the 19th century. The composition includes simulated ruins actually constructed from fragments of a demolished St. Louis hotel.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-161
Survey number: HABS MO-1137-H
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001556

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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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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