South Gate Lodge Tower Grove Park St Louis MO GRK3266_08182020-HDR4935
by Greg Kluempers
Title
South Gate Lodge Tower Grove Park St Louis MO GRK3266_08182020-HDR4935
Artist
Greg Kluempers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
South Gate Lodge Tower Grove Park St Louis MO
Significance: The Lodge was the last major park structure to be built under founder Henry Shaw's supervision. It has very finely carved capitals and several other features representative of the Romanesque style.
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001556 -- Built: 1889
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm128WX_The_South_Gate_Lodge_Tower_Grove_Park_St_Louis_MO
Tower Grove Park is a municipal park in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Most of its land was donated to the city by Henry Shaw in 1868. It is on 289 acres (1.17 kmĀ²) adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, another of Shaw's legacies. It extends 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from west to east, between Kingshighway Boulevard and Grand Boulevard. It is bordered on the north by Magnolia Avenue and on the south by Arsenal Street.
Environment and facilities
The park features 32 pavilions of picturesque design, most dating from the Victorian era, which provide shady rests from which visitors can enjoy the many lovely views and tables and benches for picnics. The landscape includes a lily pond and formal plantings; the Piper Palm House, a bandstand, the site of music and other special events; as well as tennis courts; a wading pool for small children; open expanses of green; softball diamonds and soccer fields; paths for walkers, joggers, and cyclists, and tall specimen trees and a great variety of bushes. Designed in the gardenesque style by James Gurney Sr., the park has been designated a National Historic Landmark as one of the nation's finest examples of a late 19th-century public park. Gurney had been head of the aquatic plants section at Kew Gardens in London, and he remained in St. Louis as superintendent of the park.
The park is home to nearly 400 species of trees, bushes, and flowering plants. It is a well-known birdwatching area, particularly during the spring and fall bird migration seasons. It is part of the Mississippi Flyway and migrating birds rest in the park along their journey. Forty percent of North American songbirds and waterbirds use this route. Examples are many types of warblers, orioles, and Canada geese.
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September 1st, 2020
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