Southwest Garden

by Edna Campos Gravenhorst

Overview

The Southwest Garden neighborhood borders two internationally known St. Louis landmarks, the Missouri Botanical Garden, founded in 1859, and Tower Grove Park, established in 1868. The land for both the garden and the park was donated by their founder, Henry Shaw, a botanist and philanthropist. Both destinations are designated as national historic landmarks—the garden is one of the oldest in the United States, and the park shares the honor of being on the National Register of Historic Places with only three other municipal parks in the nation. The botanical garden is the best place to start a historical walking tour of the Southwest Garden neighborhood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738561851
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/13/2008
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

A member of the St. Louis Chapter of the National Society of Architectural Historians and the National Society of Arts and Letters, Edna Campos Gravenhorst is the author of Benton Park West, Ay, Mija! and Ay, Mijo!: Why Do You Want to Be an Engineer?, Té de Canela, and Historical Home Research in the City of St. Louis. She is the owner of Three Nosey Broads/Historical Home Research. Her work is in preserving the history of working-class Americans.