St. Louis County, St. Louis, Missouri
Photograph
St. Louis County, St. Louis, Missouri
Old St. Louis County Court House reflected in the Equitable Building
From --Courthouse: A Photographic Document.-- project, sponsored by Joseph E, Seagrams & Sons, Inc., 1977
ca. 1977
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Image: 7 1/2 × 9 3/16 in. (19 × 23.3 cm)
Paper: 7 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (19.7 × 24 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.5 cm)
Gift of Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons, Inc., Seagrams County Court House Archives
1983.0137.0004
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, TLC: ST. LOUIS COUNTY \ ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: SET A [underlined]; inscribed in pencil on verso, OA: WILLIAM CLIFT, PHOTOGRAPHER \ DATES of CONSTRUCTION: 1839-62 (23 YEARS) \ ARCHITECTS: [underlined] HENRY SINGLETON, 1839-c. 1851 HE WON THE COMPETITIONS \ FOR DESIGN \ WILLIAM TWOMBLEY 1842 \ ROBERT S. MITCHELL 1851-1857 - LARGELY HIS DESIGN \ THOMAS D.P. LANHAM 1857-1859 \ WILLIAM RUMBOLD 1859-1862 - CONSTRUCTED UNIQUE \ 128 TON CAST-IRON DOME. ONE \ AT CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON D.C. \ WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL TWO \ YEARS LATER.; inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: 86% (?); stamped in red ink and inscribed in pencil on verso, BRC: SCCHA-LC (red ink) / LC-S35-WC (red ink) 82-1 (pencil)
