The Steedmam Architectural Collection Exhibit at The St. Louis Library

On this day in 1902 the St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved legislation to construct a new library, a little more than a decade later the St. Louis Library opened. In 1928, sixteen years after the library opened, a wealthy St. Louis couple donated their collection of rare books on architecture. A current exhibit celebrates this collection:

The Steedman Exhibit features images selected from some of the most beautiful and influential architecture-related books in the George Fox Steedman Architectural Collection. 

Donated to St. Louis Public Library in 1928 with the express purpose of exposing local architects to the great published works on architecture and the allied arts, volumes from the Steedman Collection are rarely displayed to the general public. (The Steedman Exhibit)

Use the link above to see the online exhibit, visit the library to see the exhibit in person!

There are four related lectures this year, the first in less than two weeks:

Free and Open to the Public

SLPL Steedman Architectural Library & The Society of Architectural Historians – St. Louis Chapter Presents

Architecture Around the World

Central Library, 1301 Olive, 63103

 

On Lecture Nights:

6:00-6:30 – Steedman Architectural Library Open for Viewing

6:30-8:00 – Lecture

• “From Abbeys to Street Art: Germany and Austria along the Danube” presented by Paul Hohmann, at the St. Louis Public Library, Central Library, Carnegie Room, 1301 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63103, Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7:00 pm.
   
• “The Works of Eero Saarinen” presented by John Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, at the St. Louis Public Library, Central Library, Carnegie Room, 1301 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63103, Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 7:00 pm.
   
• “The Architecture of Scotland” presented by Esley Hamilton, at the St. Louis Public Library, Central Library, Carnegie Room, 1301 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63103, Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7:00 pm.
   
• “Josep Lluis Sert and Urban Design” presented by Eric Mumford, at the St. Louis Public Library, Central Library, Carnegie Room, 1301 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63103, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7:00 pm.

Hopefully you can check out this exhibit in the Grand Hall.

— Steve Patterson