Chinese Pavilion - 1873 - Tower Grove Park - St. Louis, MO
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N 38° 36.298 W 090° 14.844
15S E 739692 N 4276534
Built in the Anglo-Chinese style, and comes in number 16 in the NRHP list
Waymark Code: WM1290Z
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2020
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County of structure: Independent City of St. Louis
Location of structure: between South East Dr. & Main Dr., East end of Tower Grove Park, St. Louis
Built: 1873, restored: 1992
Phone:(314) 771-2679
Capacity: 50
Cost: $40 per day
Number 16 Gazebo
Chinese Pavilion
A reflection of the "Chinoiserie" popular in pre-Victorian England and visible in the Chinese Chippendale fencing used elsewhere in Tower Grove Park, this pavilion, in the Anglo-Chinese style -- complete with dragons of sheet metal guarding upper and lower corners of the roof! -- was designed by Henry Thiele. In keeping with the Anglo-Chinese style, the six pairs of columns supporting the concave-hipped roof are painted lacquer red. Appropriately, Shaw and his horticulturist Gurney surrounded the Chinese Pavilion with a grove of Ginkgo trees. The pavilion was restored in 1992 with funds raised by the Friends of Tower Grove Park." ~ Tower Grove Park
Wampa-One's listing on WM: WM4XB6 Tower Grove Map