The St. Louis Public Library is a municipal public library system in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. It operates sixteen locations, including the main Central Library location.
The Central Library
Juvenile Room in St. Louis Public Library, 1900
The interior of the Central Library in 2018
Cass Gilbert was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas, and West Virginia, the Detroit Public Library, the Saint Louis Art Museum and Public Library. His public buildings in the Beaux Arts style reflect the optimistic American sense that the nation was heir to Greek democracy, Roman law and Renaissance humanism. Gilbert's achievements were recognized in his lifetime; he served as president of the American Institute of Architects in 1908–09.
Gilbert in 1907
Cass Gilbert standing in front of the drum atop the Minnesota State Capitol before its dome was placed
Gilbert's Woolworth Building in New York City was the world's tallest building when completed in 1913.
90 West Street, New York City, 1903