Soldiers Memorial Building - St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 37.733 W 090° 12.012
15S E 743722 N 4279313
The corner stones tell you it was a WPA project, and memorial. This building has a 4 (four) stone cornerstone array. WPA had two projects here, the building and the art statues.
Waymark Code: WM17JA5
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2023
Views: 2
County of building: St. Louis Independent City
Location of building: Chestnut St. between 14th & 13th Sts, St. Louis
Cornerstone Text:
(1):OCTOBER 14, 1936
SOLDERS MEMORIAL BUILDING
DEDICATED BY
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
FEDERAL EMERGANCY ADMINSTRATION
OF PUBLIC WOORKS
PROJECT NO. 5098
(2):
MEMORIAL PLAZA COMMITTEE
MAYOR BERNARD F. DICKMANN HONOARY CHAIRMAN
GENERAL EUGENE J. SPENCER CHAIRMAN
COLONEL FREANK G. JOHAN BAXTER L. BROWN
COLONEL ALBERT T. PERKINS FRED RICKLY
MAJOR JAMES L. BARNGROVE EDWARD J. ROCHE
MAJOR ALBERT BOND LAMBET RAYMOND R. TUCKER
BAPAK T. MATTINGLY FRED G. VOGEL
ALBERT L. SCHWEITZER
BOARD OF ESTIMATE & APPORTIONMENT
BERNARD F. DICKMANN
WILLIAM L. MASON LOUIS NOLTE
(3):
THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNED
AND ITS CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISED BY THE
PLAZA COMMISIION, INC
ARCHITECTS
GEO. D. BARNETT, INC. PRESTON I. BRADSHAW
HELFENSTELLER, HIRSCH & WATSON WILLIAM B. ITTNER, INC.
KLIPSTEIN & RATHAMNN LaBEAUME & KLEIN
MAURAN, RUSSEL & CROWELL
ENGINEERS
BRUSSEL & VITERBO FREDERICK T. TAXIS
MEMBER EX OFFICIO
BAXTER L. BROWN, President, Board of Public Service
HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW, Engineer, City Planning Commission
(4):
NOVEMBER ELEVENTH
1936
THIS CORNEERSTONE WAS LAID BY
MAYOR BERNARD F. DICKMANN
"Project type: Art Works, Civic Facilities, Military and Public
Safety, Monuments and Memorials, Sculpture and Bas Relief
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Artists: Walker Hancock
“This building was erected as a memorial to soldiers who lost their lives in the World War. In the center hall on the first floor is a black granite cenotaph bearing the names of the soldiers. On each side is a museum containing World War relics, records, and other data. Surrounding the structure are 38 square columns, 5 by 5 feet, and 35 feet high.
"The building is one unit of a well-planned civic center, the construction being of steel and reinforced concrete. The walls are faced with limestone. Marble and granite were used extensively. It is 190 by 89 feet, and 67 feet high.
"It was completed in July 1939 at a construction cost of $715,684 and a total project cost of $760,973.” (Short and Brown)
"4 large equestrian statues by Walker Hancock surround the monument, symbolizing: Courage, Vision, Loyalty, and Sacrifice. The statues were funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and flank the entrance to the atrium on the north and south of the building. Hancock taught at the Washington University Dept of Sculpture for many years and executed numerous works all over the country." ~ The Living New Deal