Identifier: historicalintere00head (find matches)
Title: Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Head, Idress. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (St. Louis?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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iscopied after the French chateau, and built ofstone, with entrances on Lindell Boulevard andOlive Street. The principal feature of the interioris the grand stairway in gold, marble and wroughtiron. The ladies cafe is paneled in rose brocadesilk, and the walls of the large ball room are insilk tapestry. The library is finished and furnishedin solid mahogany, the walls paneled in rich greenleather embellished with gold, further adornedwith paintings of the most prominent ex-presi-dents. The large dining room is in Pompeiarjred. The Saint Louis Club is the scene of manv.if not most, of the brilliant social functions heldin Saint Louis. Many of the debutantes are giventheir initial ball here, and prominent visitors arealways extended the hospitality of the Club. Itwas here that Prince Henry of Prussia was enter-tained when he visited Saint Louis in 1902, andduring the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, practi-cally all the notables in attendance were enter-tained bv the Club. 1J2 SAINT LOUIS
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SAINT LOUIS 113 One of the most brilliant receptions ever heldin Saint Louis was given here during the Expo-sition, at which every foreign government was re-presented by its titled representative. Resident membership in this Club is limited tosix hundred, non-resident, three hundred, and lifemembers to fifty. The UNIVERSITY CLUB, at Grand andWashington Avenues, is the oldest club in theCity, having been organized in December 1871.with its first home on Ninth Street, now occupiedby the Century building, and at that time con-sidered a long way from the business section. The first intention was to admit only gradu-ates of L^niversities and Colleges, but it wasfinally agreed that one-fifth might be noivgradu-ates. In 1874 even this restriction was removed,and membership placed upon the same basis as inany other social club. However, the first idea hasprevailed, and the membership is largely Collegemen. This club after occupying many homes, in1896 purchased the old Allen home, the presentb

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