Cori House - Glendale, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 38° 35.916 W 090° 22.623
15S E 728421 N 4275497
Historic house in Glendale, Missouri was the home of two Nobel prize laureates.
Waymark Code: WMZMD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 13

This house built in 1935 was designed by Harris Armstrong. The house was the home to husband and wife, Carl and Gerty Cori, professors of biochemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1947 they shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.
Street address:
1080 N. Berry Rd
Glendale, Missouri


County / Borough / Parish: St. Louis County

Year listed: 1986

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1925-1949

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Domestic

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 1: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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