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Theodore
Link
Missouri Architect |
Born on March17, 1850, Theodore Link is thought to be the first architect to use electric light decoratively. He designed more than 100 buildings. Listed below are a few of his most famous.
1894 - St. Louis Union Station ...A massive, Romanesque-style building, designed by architect Theodore Link in 1894, was once the largest and busiest railroad terminal in the world. It was later redeveloped by the Rouse Company
1901-03 - The Beaux Arts Style Mississippi State Capitol.
1904 - Power plant (Tibbe Power Company) in Washington, Missouri
1908 - The Wednesday Club headquarters, a suffrage meeting house at the southwest corner of Westminster and Taylor avenues, St. Louis, Missouri
1910 - International Shoe Company in downtown St. Louis. The building was a restrained, art nouveau reinterpretation of Sullivan's Wainwright Building, with a heavy base, slender multi-story pier columns and naturalistic ornament. After years of abandonment, the building has been restored, and is now owned by ProtoSpace Corporation.
1920s - Louisanna State University. Buildings are noted for their Renaissance Basilican details.
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