File:Wainwright Tomb, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO - 53052419490.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 180 × 240 pixels | 360 × 480 pixels | 576 × 768 pixels | 768 × 1,024 pixels | 1,536 × 2,048 pixels | 2,783 × 3,710 pixels.
Original file (2,783 × 3,710 pixels, file size: 4.59 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary
[edit]
| Description |
English: Built in 1892, this Sullivanesque and Chicago School-style mausoleum was designed by Louis Sullivan for Charlotte Dickson Wainwright, and her husband, Ellis Wainwright, a brewery owner, who had commissioned Sullivan to design the Wainwright Building in Downtown St. Louis, which was completed around the same time as Charlotte’s death. The tomb is a small, yet graceful structure, which evokes the tragic beauty of the life and death of Charlotte Dickson Wainwright (1857-1891), whom died at the age of 34, and was noted in St. Louis social circles for her beauty. Ellis Wainwright joined Charlotte in the tomb upon his death in 1924 at the age of 74. The tomb features a limestone-clad exterior with bands of Sullivanesque carved trim surrounding the windows and doors, and framing the top of the elevations, with copper doors, a domed roof, a front terrace flanked by piers, and copper screens at the window openings on the side facades. The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and was designated a St. Louis Landmark in 1971. Today, the tomb is widely regarded as the best mausoleum designed by Sullivan, and is the most architecturally significant structure in historic Bellefontaine Cemetery on the north side of St. Louis. |
| Date | |
| Source | https://www.flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/53052419490/ |
| Author | w_lemay |
| Camera location |   | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
Licensing
[edit]
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
|
This image was originally posted to Flickr by w_lemay at https://flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/53052419490. It was reviewed on 17 July 2023 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 16:38, 17 July 2023 | | 2,783 × 3,710 (4.59 MB) | Ɱ (talk | contribs) | Uploaded a work by w_lemay from https://www.flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/53052419490/ with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
