File ID |
f092p0019 |
Date.Digital | 2002-06-17 |
Date.Original | 1909-08-31 |
Description | The Art Academy Building was designed in the Classical Revival style by St. Louis architects Eames and Young for the People's University of the American Woman's League. In this photograph taken on August 31, 1909, looking southwest, the second floor exterior walls of both the north and south wings are complete. Decorative terra cotta moldings have been installed on some of the windows in the south wing. The tracks of the Creve Coeur Streetcar appear in the foreground. The top of the Woman's Magazine Building and the east end of the Woman's National Daily Building appear in the distance. |
Source | Photograph, stains upper corners, moisture damage lower edge, cracks and creases lower edge, 9.53" by 7.73" |
Subject | People's University (University City, Mo.) |
Subject | University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works |
Subject | Eames and Young (firm) |
Subject | Art Academy Building (University City, Mo.) |
Subject.Keyword | Classical revival |
Subject.Keyword | Buildings--Missouri--University City |
Title | Art Academy Building under construction - View 5 |