Historical September 1990 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Gary Griffin, Chairperson of the 1990 Central West End Association annual house tour, announced that this year’s house and garden tour will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 22 and 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The tour will feature eleven mansions on Lindell Boulevard overlooking historic Forest Park. Griffin said that “this year’s tour highlights the architectural richness of a single residential street that traces its early development to the 1904 World’s Fair!’ Houses on view include Tudor mansions, in-town estates, a French chateau, and a post-modern “Bauhaus” residence.
The History Museum at the Jefferson Memorial will be serving as headquarters for the weekend event.
They have installed two exhibits that show off “Palaces in the Park-St. Louis and the 1904 World’s Fair” and a second exhibit which shows the fair and early views of Lindell, the Pike, and Forest Park. Tickets for the house and garden tour are available in advance for $12.50 each at the CWEA office and the History Museum Shop. Tickets can be purchased by phone with Master Card or Visa credit cards by calling the CWEA office at 367-2220.
To purchase tickets by check, call the office for an advance order form. Tickets will be $15.00 on the day of the tour. Free parking will be provided in the upper and lower Muny lots with continuous shuttle service to the History Museum grounds. Food and beverages, catered by the Adam’s Mark, will be available under the big tent throughout the day. Proceeds from the house and garden tour are earmarked for the restoration of the Nathan Frank bandstand, a project of Forest Park Forever initiated by the Central West End Association.
Original photograph caption
5855 Lindell will be one of the houses on the 1990 Central West End House Tour. Built for millionaire Morris Corn, it is the only French chateau on Lindell. Prize winning Arabian horses once grazed in the side yard. A bowling alley is still in use in the terrazzo-floored basement. Photo by Alise O’Brien. The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1990, page 3.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1990.
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