Born:
March 17, 1850 in Germany
Died:
November 12, 1923 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana while working on the Louisiana State University
Education:
- Engineering at the University of Heidelberg
- Ecole Centrale in Paris
Significance of Theodore Link:
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.
Important Buildings by Theodore Link:
- 1894: St. Louis Union Station. This massive, Romanesque-style building 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 Louis 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.
- 1919-1923: Master plan and nine buildings for Louisiana State University. The buildings are noted for their Renaissance Basilican details.
