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Landmarks Letter LANDMARKS ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS GUARDING THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF ST. LOUIS FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS LANDMARKS LETTER VOLUME 43, NUMBER 6 NOV/DEC 2008 LANDMARKS ASSOCIATION TO HONOR INSIDE THIS ISSUE: FORMER DIRECTOR CAROLYN HEWES TOFT WHAT’S NEXT 2 FOR PUBLIC On the evening of January out the country as one of TRANSIT? 24th, 2009, the doors of the nation’s premier preser- Architecture St. Louis will vation organizations.” LAST ST. LOUIS 3 be thrown open for a cele- MOUND UP FOR Toft’s accomplishments bration to honor Carolyn SALE while director of Landmarks Hewes Toft, the former are numerous and reflect 5 Executive Director of CHUCK BERRY: her determination, thor- NR NOMINATION Landmarks Association who DOWN BUT NOT OUT oughness and passion. One retired this summer after 32 of her greatest accomplish- CURRENT EXHIBIT: 6 years at the helm. Board ments was securing the pas- STUDENT PROPOSALS President Bill Wischmeyer FROM ARCH DESIGN sage of Missouri’s historic praised the former director CHARETTE; EXHIBIT rehabilitation tax credits RECEPTION DEC. 3 saying “it is fair to say that law, one of the state’s most Carolyn Toft has effectively sound planning. The event ARCHITECTURE 6 important economic devel- been Landmarks Association will also serve as a kick-off ST. LOUIS HUMS opment tools. Her most WITH ACITIVITY: for as long as anyone can for a year-long celebration recent accomplishment was “AFTER-HOURS” remember. Due to her marking the organization’s EXHIBIT AND the creation of Architecture guidance and direction, the fiftieth anniversary. Special WABMO PROGRAMS St. Louis, a center to pro- association has grown to a invitations for the event will mote St. Louis’ architec- JOIN LANDMARKS 7 membership of over 1,300 be mailed in early January. tural heritage and encourage EMAIL BLAST and is recognized through- MULLANPHY 7 RESTORATION CITY BOARD OKAYS LOCUST ST. DEMOLITION UPDATE At its meeting on October an addition on the site of 27, the St. Louis Preserva- the two demolished build- LANDMARKS tion Board unanimously ings. The original proposal voted to grant preliminary for the new two-story addi- ASSOCIATION OF SAINT LOUIS, INC. approval to a plan by the tion was considered by 911 Washington Ave., Ste 170 Roberts Companies to de- many to be inappropriate St. Louis, Mo 63101 molish two historic down- for the site, as it opened the 314-421-6474 town buildings as part of a corner and devoted most of Landmarks Letter is the official publica- tion of Landmarks Association of St. new Hotel Indigo project. the footprint to an open-air Louis, Inc. for its members and friends. The proposed hotel would driveway. Opinions expressed in articles are those of the Editor and contributors and do occupy 913 and 917 Locust not necessarily represent the opinion of Street (the latter building The two historic buildings the Board or membership of Landmarks Association. Please address all corre- being the National Register- slated for demolition are a spondence, comments and inquiries to Two buildings are slated for demolition (Continued on page 2) the Editor. listed Scruggs Vandervoort to make way for a new “boutique” hotel. and Barney warehouse) and PAGE 2 LANDMARKS LETTER Proposition M Defeated, Public Transit Struggle Continues On Election Day, St. Louis County vot- In October, Landmarks enthusiastically ers defeated Proposition M, a half-cent endorsed Proposition M and joined the sales tax increase that would have pro- Greater St. Louis Transit Alliance, a new vided $80 million for the maintenance transit advocacy coalition. Public transit and expansion of the region's public transit system. The final count showed enables the urban population density that 48.45% of voters in favor and 51.55% makes historic preservation possible. opposed. The defeat impacts Metro- Transit allows people to reduce or elimi- Link expansion in the county and raises nate vehicle use, lessening the need for budget issues for the entire system. highways and parking structures that Proposition M's passage would have threaten the urban fabric of St. Louis. triggered a sales tax fund that city voters The Board of Landmarks enthusiastically supported Landmarks Association is committed to approved in 1999 that was contingent Proposition M which would have provided funds for upon county passage of a similar meas- Metrolink maintenance and expansion. (Courtesy working with its allies to find other ure. Citizens for Modern Transit.) sources of funding for Metro. We may have lost Proposition M, but we will lose Metro officials are already suggesting that a projected 2009 budget shortfall -- which proposition M's funds would have much more if we don't act to maintain and expand the Metro covered -- will lead to massive service cuts. On the table are system. Please contact the state and federal elected officials suggestions for reducing the number of bus routes, eliminat- who represent you and urge them to support increased fund- ing bus service west of I-270 and shutting MetroLink service ing for public transportation in St. Louis, Missouri and the down at 8:00 p.m. These cuts would negatively impact the nation. lives of thousands of people who use the system. Michael Allen, Asst. Director Demolition and two- to four-stories in suit of our mission state- nies admirably submitted to a (Continued from page 1) height, that fill in the space ment, ultimately Landmarks voluntary design review. At around the architectural cannot support the demoli- the meeting, representatives four-story timber-framed gems of downtown. Collec- tion of any downtown build- of the company stated that brick building at 921 Locust tively, they are highly signifi- ing that could be eligible for they would bring the final built in 1916 and designed cant and impart a sense of listing in the National Regis- design back to the Preserva- by architect Nat Abrahams, pedestrian scale that has ter of Historic Places. The tion Board for approval. and a three- story building at been eradicated through developers argued that 917 While we lost the buildings 923 Locust that probably demolition. Locust was the most signifi- on Locust Street, we will dates to 1895 although it is cant building, and demoli- probably see a much better covered in later stucco and Since the summer, Land- tion of the other buildings new building than first pro- timber cladding. 923 Locust marks' staff has engaged in would aid its preservation -- posed. We remain con- would not be eligible for the discussions about the project a viewpoint Landmarks has cerned, however, about a National Register in its cur- with representatives of the fought all too often. precedent set at the start of rent state, but the other Roberts Companies, their what seems to be an eco- building, 921 Locust, might architects and consultants. Ultimately, the City Preser- nomic recession. Hopefully be. Even if singular eligibil- At the Preservation Board vation Board unanimously the Hotel Indigo project ity was not possible there is meeting, developers pre- approved the demolition doesn't send the message that another option -- a Multiple sented an improved addition permits while granting pre- our battered downtown Property Documentation that did fill the corner, but liminary approval to the needs more demolition, for Form for remaining small- still left the large driveway. design. While the project new development or other- scale commercial buildings does not fall under the cov- wise. The major point of conten- downtown. There is a class erage of any local historic tion, of course, was the pro- of buildings, mostly narrow district, the Roberts Compa- Michael Allen, Asst. Director posed demolitions. In pur- VOLUME 43, NUMBER 6 PAGE 3 LAST REMAINING MOUND UP FOR SALE Sugarloaf Mound, the last standing Native American mound in St. Louis, is for sale. Perched on the banks of the Mississippi, the mound had been standing watch for hundreds of years when Marquette and Joliet slipped by on their way south in 1673. Pierre Laclede passed the bluff-top landmark while searching for a site for his trading post, as did August Chouteau and his gang of workers on their way to begin construction of our city. The mound survived the New Madrid earthquake, bearing witness as the river ran backward. Ulysses Grant would have traveled past Sugarloaf while hauling firewood north on Broadway for sale in St. Louis. A 20th century bungalow rests atop Sugarloaf, the last remaining Native American Sugarloaf stood when the riverfront burned, and chol- mound in the area. The house and land recently went on the market. era raged, when the railroad arrived, and when the Mississippi was finally spanned. Having witnessed the ity, the mounds were still quite prominent features on great events of our past, it is our responsibility to en- the landscape. Eighteenth century French maps indi- sure that Sugarloaf bears witness to our future. cate that settlers of the area took notice of the unusual The impending sale of Sugarloaf presents an opportu- earthen structures and used them as landmarks. Addi- tionally, mounds are common features on maps of St. nity to re-examine the place that mounds hold in the th history (and prehistory) of our city. It also affords a Louis from the first half of the 19 century, and are chance to consider our responsibilities toward these clearly visible in several representations of the city such ancient structures, a matter that has been publicly dis- as John Caspar Wild’s 1840 lithograph of the north riv- cussed in the city since at least the 1830’s. While once erfront. prevalent enough in St. Louis to earn us the nickname The best known account of the north riverfront mound “Mound City,” today Sugarloaf is the sole surviving ex- group was created by Dr.
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