J. Milton Keller, Jr. - Tower Grove Park - St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
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Plaque on the rear base of statue...finding and re-furbishing the two relief art panels were done in dedication to this man...
Waymark Code: WM128RF
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2020
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County of statue: St. Louis Independent City
Location of statue: inside Tower Grove park, St. Louis
Artist: Ferdinand von Miller, II, 1842-1929, sculptor
Architect: George Ingham Barnett, 1815-1898
Founder: Royal Foundry
Monument text:
(Front Base): ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
(base proper left): Mount Chimborazo relief plaque
(base proper right): Amazon River relief plaque
(base rear): [plaque relief of Shaw] - In honor of the most accomplished traveller [sic] of this or any other age erected by HENRY SHAW, 1876
(foundation front-plaque): Endowed by Tower Grove Park Commissioner Robert P. Stupp in recognition of the generations of the family of Johann Stupp, 2005
(foundation rear-plaque):
North and South plaques
found and restored 1995-97
In memory of
J. Milton Keller, JR.
Made possible by
Donald H. Bergmann
with help from
Friends of Tower Grove Park
German American Heritage Society
Victorian Society in America
"J. Milton Keller Jnr. was born at home on Washington Place in Saint Louis' University City. Attending Kemper Military School, Graduated, Washington University of that city,as did his brother Charles, both were officers before WWII, but never served in the war. He never married, and died in a rest home in Denver CO. in 1991" ~ Find-A-Grave