Wainwright Tomb - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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BruceS
N 38° 41.379 W 090° 13.493
15S E 741369 N 4285993
Tomb designed by same architect who designed the Wainwright Building in downtown St. Louis. This tomb is located in Bellefontaine Cemetery in north St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WMBCWM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2011
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In 1892, soon after he completed the Wainwright Building, Louis Sullivan was commissioned to design a tomb for Charlotte Dickson Wainwright, the wife of St. Louis brewer, Ellis Wainwright (Ellis Wainwright is also interred in the tomb). The tomb is simple but elegant, it consists of a limestone domed cube with continuous band of a carved, tulip-and-leaf sequence which runs along the top, sides and over the door. The Wainwright name does not on appear on the tomb. The building website has copies of Sullivan's original plans for the Wainwright Tomb.
Architect: Louis Sullivan
Prize received: AIA Gold Medal
In what year: 1944
Website about the Architect: [Web Link]
Website about the building: [Web Link]
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