File ID f249p1573
Date.Digital2002-06-28
Date.Original1909
DescriptionEdward Gardner Lewis was an inventor, and one of the things he hoped to perfect was a bottle stopper made from paper trimmings from his printing plants. For several years his Development and Investment Company worked in a building in St. Louis City. In 1909, Lewis hired architects Helfensteller, Hirsch and Watson, to design a new building to be built in University City. It was built on 2.5 acres north of the Art Academy, next to the Creve Coeur Streetcar tracks (now Kingsland and Vernon Avenues). The new building cost $57,000. In this photograph, the walls are complete halfway up the first story.
SourcePhotograph, crease upper left corner, surface damage lower right corner, 9.60" by 7.52"
SubjectCreve Coeur Streetcar
SubjectUniversity City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
SubjectHelfensteller, Hirsch and Watson (firm)
SubjectU. S. Fibre Stopper Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject.KeywordBuildings--Missouri--University City
TitleU. S. Fibre Stopper Company building under construction - View 1


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