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Deaconess Hospital was the name of several hospitals in St. Louis, Missouri . The Deaconess tradition began in 19th-century Europe when Theodor Fliedner of Kaiserswerth, Germany, established the first Deaconess Home and Hospital in 1836. The word deaconess means “one who is devoted to service”, being the feminine gender of the word deacon.
Website. stlouis-mo.gov. Forest Park is a public park in western St. Louis, Missouri. It is a prominent civic center and covers 1,326 acres (5.37 km 2 ). [1] Opened in 1876, more than a decade after its proposal, the park has hosted several significant events, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and the 1904 Summer Olympics ...
The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is credited for the birth of the Saint Louis Zoo. The fair brought the world's attention to St. Louis and Forest Park. The Smithsonian Institution constructed a walk-through aviary for the World's Fair. Ten days after the World's Fair closed, the citizens of St. Louis chose to buy the 1904 World's Fair Flight ...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital. / 41.89472°N 87.62194°W / 41.89472; -87.62194. Northwestern Memorial Hospital ( NMH) is a nationally ranked academic medical center located on Northwestern University 's Chicago campus in Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship campus for Northwestern Medicine and the primary teaching ...
NRHP reference No. 66000941 [ 1] Added to NRHP. October 15, 1966. Gateway Arch National Park is an American national park located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . In its initial form as a national memorial, it was established in 1935 to commemorate: the Louisiana Purchase and subsequent ...
Thomas P. Barnett painting Construction of the River des Peres Channel in Forest Park. The River des Peres (French: rivière des Pères) ( English: / dʌˈpɛər /) is a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) [1] metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backbone of sanitary and storm water systems in the city of St. Louis and portions of St. Louis County.
Website. stlouis-mo.gov. Memorial Plaza is a public park in the Downtown West neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The park makes up the center section of the Gateway Mall and contains memorials honoring St. Louis veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars. [1] The park extends from Tucker Boulevard to 18th Street ...
Soldiers' Memorial. / 38.6290; -90.2000. The Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in downtown St. Louis, Missouri is a memorial and military museum, at 1315 Chestnut Street, owned by the City of St. Louis and operated by the Missouri Historical Society. Interior east and west wings contain display cases with military displays and memorabilia from ...