{"id":463,"date":"2017-03-27T19:01:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/?page_id=463"},"modified":"2017-04-25T15:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:30:21","slug":"building-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/building-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Building History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-parallax-none .bg-contain hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/illustration-history-min.jpg&quot;);background-position: right top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: -60px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last bg-lines bg-responsive\" style=\"margin-top:175px;margin-bottom:120px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:right center;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last title-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:40px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 20px 20px 10px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three page-title-mh-dark\" style=\"margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Building History<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-parallax-none bg-initial hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #e9f4f4;background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LINES-min.png&quot;);background-position: right top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:-90px;margin-bottom:200px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"854\" height=\"586\" alt=\"mansion house retro photo\" title=\"History-old-photo-red-min\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/History-old-photo-red-min.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/History-old-photo-red-min-200x137.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/History-old-photo-red-min-400x274.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/History-old-photo-red-min-600x412.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/History-old-photo-red-min-800x549.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/History-old-photo-red-min.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-last history-neg\" style=\"width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-top:-10%;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"1460\" height=\"944\" alt=\"mansion house downtown old photo\" title=\"history-old-photo-downtown-min\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-old-photo-downtown-min.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-old-photo-downtown-min-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-old-photo-downtown-min-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-old-photo-downtown-min-600x388.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-old-photo-downtown-min-800x517.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-old-photo-downtown-min-1200x776.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-old-photo-downtown-min.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-parallax-none bg-initial bg-responsive nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #e9f4f4;background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/LINES-min.png&quot;);background-position: left bottom;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:5%;padding-bottom:154px;padding-left:5%;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:60px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mansion House is one of three Modernist residential towers designed in 1964 by Schwarz &amp; Van Hoefen, one of the leading St. Louis architectural firms of its time. Completed in 1966, Mansion House was among St. Louis\u2019s first examples of the steel and glass International Style architecture, and was notable for its use of concrete structural columns, curtain walls of bronze-tinted aluminum panels, glazing and balconies.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth fusion-column-last history-col-quote\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-top:-18%;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"678\" height=\"480\" alt=\"mansion house woman\" title=\"mh-history-woman-min\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-woman-min.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-woman-min-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-woman-min-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-woman-min-600x425.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-woman-min.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAn iconic part of the St. Louis skyline.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h6 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">CITY OF SAINT LOUIS CULTURAL RESOURCES OFFICE<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Thematic Survey of Modern Movement Non-Residential Architecture, 1945 \u2013 1975, in St. Louis City (2013)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-parallax-none bg-contain nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/history-trees-min.png&quot;);background-position: right top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: -8%;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto lightbox-enabled\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"4\" data-itemmargin=\"13\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\" data-scrollitems=\"1\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" data-title=\"mh-history-stl-4-min\" aria-label=\"mh-history-stl-4-min\" href=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-4-min.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"444\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-4-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"mansion house history st. louis rooftop golfing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-4-min-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-4-min-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-4-min.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 265px, (min-width: 784px) 354px, (min-width: 712px) 531px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" data-title=\"mh-history-stl-5-min\" aria-label=\"mh-history-stl-5-min\" href=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-5-min.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"444\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-5-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"mansion house history st. louis woman cooking\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-5-min-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-5-min-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-5-min.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 265px, (min-width: 784px) 354px, (min-width: 712px) 531px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" data-title=\"mh-history-stl-1-min\" aria-label=\"mh-history-stl-1-min\" href=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-1-min.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"444\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-1-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"mansion house history st. louis people walking\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-1-min-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-1-min-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-1-min.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 265px, (min-width: 784px) 354px, (min-width: 712px) 531px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" data-title=\"mh-history-stl-2-min\" aria-label=\"mh-history-stl-2-min\" href=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-2-min.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"444\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-2-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"mansion house history st. louis old sketch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-2-min-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-2-min-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-2-min.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 265px, (min-width: 784px) 354px, (min-width: 712px) 531px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" data-title=\"mh-history-stl-3-min\" aria-label=\"mh-history-stl-3-min\" href=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-3-min.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"444\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-3-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"mansion house history st. louis woman reading\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-3-min-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-3-min-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-stl-3-min.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 856px) 265px, (min-width: 784px) 354px, (min-width: 712px) 531px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-carousel-nav\"><span class=\"fusion-nav-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"fusion-nav-next\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"1382\" height=\"958\" title=\"mh-history-groundbreak-min\" src=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-groundbreak-min.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mansionhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mh-history-groundbreak-min-200x139.jpg 200w, 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By 1959, the city was fiercely debating two proposals for a mixed-use riverfront redevelopment project. Of the winning proposal, architecture critic George McCue wrote: <\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u201cVisible from points to the west, [the towers] would beckon visitors, with their bold forms by day and their lighted windows at night, to an area of revived human activities.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Groundbreaking for Mansion House took place in May 1964, and the first residents began moving into the building in April 1966. 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