06.01.2009 10:29 am

Missouri Botanical Garden panorama of the Tower Grove House

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Explore the gateway between the Tower Grove House and Henry Shaw’s mausoleum through Post-Dispatch photographer Huy Mach’s 3D panoramic photo.

In 1849, Henry Shaw hires prominent architect George I. Barnett to design his country home. This two story Italian style villa is built on Shaw’s property southwest of St. Louis. At the time, tall grass covers this prairie with only a few trees scattered growing mainly along streambeds. One grove of sassafras trees, however, did stand on a low hill. Just to the south of these trees, Shaw builds his country home.

Shaw is buried in a mausoleum in the grove of trees.

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