Bellefontaine Cemetery Museum - St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 41.453 W 090° 14.117
15S E 740460 N 4286102
Located in the Willow Gate House on the main entrance, this small museum about itself.
Waymark Code: WM15K6T
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2022
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County of house: St. Louis Independent City
Location of house: W. Florissant Ave. & N. Kingshighway Blvd., inside gate to N side, St. Louis
Architect: Jamieson & Spearl
Built: 1929
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
The small museum is in the waiting room, and occupies visitors when waiting for companions to show up for tours, or waiting for a friend using the rest rooms.
The main displays or artifacts donated by family's of people residing here, and news articles, and print of the history of the place.
The house itself is historic:
"Willow Gatehouse is north of the main entrance drive (via W. Florissant Avenue) and similar in design to Willow Office. The Late Gothic Revival style building was also designed by Jamieson & Spearl during the mid-1920s. The brick gatehouse has exterior limestone walls, a slate clad gabled roof and a limestone foundation. The primary entry is off-center on the façade (south elevation) and slightly recessed within a Gothic arched bay. The door is arched with a diamond tracery upper light and four lower wood panels. An embellished surround bears the letters “BC” within a shield above the door. Above the entrance, the roof supports a heavy parapet and finial. Offsetting the entry to the west is a band of five windows with single sashes
and diamond tracery. Near the north end of the building is a scored limestone chimney." ~ NRHP Nomination Form