Chinese Pavilion - Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, MO
Posted by: Wampa-One
N 38° 36.298 W 090° 14.844
15S E 739692 N 4276535
Built in 1873 in the "Chinoiserie" style.
Waymark Code: WM4XB6
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/09/2008
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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.
~ from Tower Grove Park website (
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Park map (
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There are two picnic tables located under the pavilion.