reserved and dignified, if somewhat hard and chilling essays as the Frost House, the Walsh House and others of similar type. The former is the work of the late George I. Barnett, an Englishman influenced by the style of Sir Charles Barry. His name and the names of several architects of the Court House, Singleton, Mitchell, Lanham and Rumbold, are
about all that can be recalled out of the more remote past. He practiced from the early forties until the middle nineties and his work was generally formal, well proportioned and academically flavored.
Occasionally, the talents of eastern architects were called into action, and Leopold Eidlitz of New York was given the commission to design the Episcopal Cathedral. This now venerable structure remains a creditable, even an impressive example of sound Gothic principles. Less fortunate perhaps may be mentioned another work (since obliterated) from the hand of Eidlitz. This was the Tudor Gothic High School here illustrated. Strangely out of fashion now, it was once no doubt, an object of admiration to both laymen and architects.
Robert S. Peabody and H. H. Richardson also left their imprint on the town. Most of Peabody’s work has vanished, though one of his office buildings, the Security, still presents a brave facade. Richardson built several residences, still standing, in his strongly individualized style. The Potter House, a picturesque, shingled country house, and the Lionberger House, a feudal city residence of granite, are in his best and most characteristic manner. Another striking example of his work, a warehouse, also of granite, has since been altered out of any semblance of its original character.
In the early or middle eighties two young men, William S. Eames and Thomas C. Young, formed a partnership for the practice of architecture in St. Louis. A student of architectural chronology will observe that this decade between 1880 and 1890
HOUSE OF GENERAL D. M. FROST, ST. LOUIS, MO. GEORGE I. BARNETT. ARCHITECT
OLD FRENCH CATHEDRAL. ST. LOUIS, MO., FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. T. HAMMOND Illustrations on this page by courtesy of Missouri Historical Society
about all that can be recalled out of the more remote past. He practiced from the early forties until the middle nineties and his work was generally formal, well proportioned and academically flavored.
Occasionally, the talents of eastern architects were called into action, and Leopold Eidlitz of New York was given the commission to design the Episcopal Cathedral. This now venerable structure remains a creditable, even an impressive example of sound Gothic principles. Less fortunate perhaps may be mentioned another work (since obliterated) from the hand of Eidlitz. This was the Tudor Gothic High School here illustrated. Strangely out of fashion now, it was once no doubt, an object of admiration to both laymen and architects.
Robert S. Peabody and H. H. Richardson also left their imprint on the town. Most of Peabody’s work has vanished, though one of his office buildings, the Security, still presents a brave facade. Richardson built several residences, still standing, in his strongly individualized style. The Potter House, a picturesque, shingled country house, and the Lionberger House, a feudal city residence of granite, are in his best and most characteristic manner. Another striking example of his work, a warehouse, also of granite, has since been altered out of any semblance of its original character.
In the early or middle eighties two young men, William S. Eames and Thomas C. Young, formed a partnership for the practice of architecture in St. Louis. A student of architectural chronology will observe that this decade between 1880 and 1890
HOUSE OF GENERAL D. M. FROST, ST. LOUIS, MO. GEORGE I. BARNETT. ARCHITECT
OLD FRENCH CATHEDRAL. ST. LOUIS, MO., FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. T. HAMMOND Illustrations on this page by courtesy of Missouri Historical Society