Finding Flounders talk 4/26/16

 Jan Cameron prepares to speak on St. Louis' Flounder Houses and the survey the Cultural Resources Office recently completed.

Before the talk, visitors viewed the Steedman Room and some of its most recent acquisitions.




Please join us again on September 27 to hear Amanda Burke speak on the care, restoration, and funding of historic cemeteries.

Learn about Flounder Houses, April 26

The next lecture in this popular series, co-sponsored by the Steedman Architectural Library and the St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, will be held in the Carnegie Room of Central Library on Tuesday, April 26.  Jan Cameron (Preservation Administrator, Cultural Resources Office of the City of St. Louis) will speak on "St. Louis Flounder Houses".  

Jan Cameron and the City's Cultural Resources Office have identified approximately 280 flounder houses and their variants in the City of St. Louis. Flounders appear in only a few cities, and St. Louis has by far the largest number of extant examples. She will share her insights into this unique 19th century vernacular house form.  For more details about the study, and to find out just what flounder houses are, see this article from St. Louis Public Radio:  http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-document-citys-plethora-19th-century-triangular-flounder-houses

From 6:00-6:30 p.m., the Steedman Architectural Library will be open for viewing. The talk will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the third floor Carnegie Room.

After a summer hiatus, the next talk in the series will be held on September 27.  Amanda Burke of the Missouri State Historical Preservation Office will discuss "Historic Cemeteries:  Maintenance, Documentation, Restoration, and Funding."

 These events are FREE and open to the public.