Jewel Box (St. Louis Floral Conservatory), Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Built in 1936, this Art Deco-style structure was designed by William C. E. Becker to serve as a botanical conservatory, known variously as the Jewel Box, the St. Louis Floral Conservatory, and the City of St. Louis Floral Display House. The building features a stair-stepped roof with nine sections, glass exterior walls, a stone base, arched trusses inside, a stone vestibule with fluted pilasters and medallions, and a one-story rear stone service wing. Inside, the building houses various plants that do not naturally grow in the St. Louis region, with a fountain in the center. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Jewel Box (St. Louis Floral Conservatory), Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Built in 1936, this Art Deco-style structure was designed by William C. E. Becker to serve as a botanical conservatory, known variously as the Jewel Box, the St. Louis Floral Conservatory, and the City of St. Louis Floral Display House. The building features a stair-stepped roof with nine sections, glass exterior walls, a stone base, arched trusses inside, a stone vestibule with fluted pilasters and medallions, and a one-story rear stone service wing. Inside, the building houses various plants that do not naturally grow in the St. Louis region, with a fountain in the center. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.