4255 Arsenal St
St. Louis, MO 63116, USA

Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

The first driving park established in St. Louis and was regarded by the noted 19th century botanist Asa gray as having no equal in the country in variety of foliage. Because of the preservation of the majority of its ornamental structures and the outline of its original plan, the park is an outstanding example of the gardenesque landscape tradition.

Tower Grove Park, East Gate Entrance, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Designed as the principal entrance for vehicular traffic into Tower Grove Park. It remains an excellent example of the more formal type of landscape architecture popular in the late 19th century.

Tower Grove Park, West Gate House & Gate, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

The only examples of the Gothic Revival style in the park. The structures are well-preserved examples of the picturesque design favored by British and American landscape architects in the 19th century.

Tower Grove Park, North Gate, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Serves as the vehicle entrance into Tower Grove Park from Tower Grove and Magnolia Avenues. The expense of the gate complex and its towering ornamental columns create the impression of grandeur intended by its designer Henry Shaw and favored by landscape architects of the 19th century.

Tower Grove Park, South Gate, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

This well-preserved classical entrance is representative of the more monumental style of landscape design popular in the late 19th century.

Tower Grove Park, South Gate Lodge, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

The Lodge was the last major park structure to be built under founder Henry Shaw`s supervision. It has very finely carved capitals and several other features representative of the Romanesque style.

Tower Grove Park, Superintendent`s House, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Park Superintendent, Miss Bernice E. Gurney, and family. This well-preserved and finely proportioned dwelling has Classical Revival features combined with an irregular towered silhouette characteristic of the Italianate villa style popular in the US in the mid-19th century.

Tower Grove Park, Stone House & Stable Complex, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

The well-preserved structures are representative of mid-19th century utilitarian architecture in the US.

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

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.

Tower Grove Park, Shelter Ten, 4255 Arsenal St Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

The structure is well-preserved example of the picturesque and eclectic design favored by British and American landscape architects in the 19th century.