Considered to be the best and most complete example of 19th century urban park design in the United States, Tower Grove Park in St. Louis is…
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In the first decades of the 20th century, St. Louis embarked on an extensive public-school building campaign. Two architects served as commissioner of buildings for the…
Completed in 1911, Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, was designed by Cleveland-based architectural firm Badgley and Nicklas in a modern English Gothic style. Its tall octagonal…
Opened in 1927, the 2-story Spanish gothic Variety Theatre in Cleveland was designed by local architect Nicola Petti. The theater featured cut-glass chandeliers, marble, brass and…
Pittsburgh’s State Correctional Institution—commonly known as Western Penitentiary or Western Pen—was built in 1826. It was relocated in 1882 to this building on the Ohio River.…
Founded by H. T. “Pegleg” Weirich in Spring Bluff, Mo., the Spring Bluff General Store survived a fire before being purchased by George C. Busch in…