2345 Tower Grove Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110, USA

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Townhouse, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Representative of the Renaissance Tevival style popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the structure was the town residence of Henry Shaw, founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Administration Building, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

The structure housed the Shaw School of Botany and was built to be a harmonious addition to the Henry Shaw Townhouse, a dwelling in the Renaissance Revival style, erected more than 50 years before, in 1849.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Museum, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Representative of the classical mode popular in mid-19th century St. Louis, the museum`s significance lies in its being one of the first botanical-library-museum-herbarium complexes in the country.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw`s original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest structure of this type in continuous use west of the Mississippi and perhaps in the whole country.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Cleveland Ave Gatehouse, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

The Cleveland Avenue Gatehouse is the last building specified by Henry Shaw to complete his plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden. It is a excellent example of a 19th century picturesque cottage combining Gothic Revival details with the extensive use if shingles popular at the end of the 19th century. Well integrated with the surrounding structure in the Garden, the gatehouse remains the best available staff residence within the Garden.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Old Main Gate, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Temple of Victory, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Japanese Tea House, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Mediterranean House, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Desert House, 2345 Tower Grove Ave Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

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