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