St. Louis -- Missouri Botanical Garden

Object Details

General: Henry Shaw was in business at 17, retired at 40 a very wealthy man. He built a country house, Tower Grove in 1849. In 1853, Henry Shaw decided to create a botanical garden at Tower Grove that would be given to the citizens of St. Louis. In 1858 the main part of the 79 acre garden plans had been completed. In 1881 and 1882, the Linnaean House, designed simular to a European orangery, was completed and housed displays of camellias.

Owner: Shaw, Henry; Missouri Botanical Garden
Architect: Barnett, George L.
Landscape architect: Kawani, Koichi
Horticulturist: Raven, Peter (Horticulturist); Gates, David M. (Horticulturist)

Place: United States of America -- Missouri -- St. Louis County -- Saint Louis; Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, Missouri)

Owner: Shaw, Henry; Missouri Botanical Garden
Architect: Barnett, George L.
Landscape architect: Kawani, Koichi
Horticulturist: Raven, Peter (Horticulturist); Gates, David M. (Horticulturist)

See more items in: Historic gardens Stereograph collection; Historic gardens Stereograph collection / Gardens and Landscapes / United States / Missouri

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Historic Gardens Stereograph Collection.

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