The St. Louis Building Arts Foundation started as the personal collecting hobby of Larry Giles, a historic preservationist in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, USA. It later received assistance and monetary aid from the developer Stephen Trampe.

The foundation removes architecturally significant pieces of historic buildings in the St. Louis region before they are demolished. They also collect before major renovations are made to historic structures. Columns, beams, facades, and other architectural elements were stored in a number of warehouse spaces around St. Louis for a number of years. They were recently consolidated and relocated to Sauget, Illinois

Sauget, Illinois

Sauget is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is part of Greater St. Louis. The population was 249 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sauget is located at ....

 in a site that used to be a foundry. The foundation hopes to one day show their collection to the general public in a National Architectural Arts Center.

Buildings in the collection

• Aloe, A.S. Company Building
• Ambassador Theatre
  Ambassador Theatre (St. Louis)
  The Ambassador Theatre was a lavish movie palace-type theater in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by the architectural firm of Rapp and Rapp. A landmark of rococo 1920s theater design, it opened in 1926 and was demolished in 1997.-Origins:...
  
  
• American Car and Foundry
• American Paint Journal Building
• American Wine Company
• Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Bottling Department Building
• Anheuser-Busch Warehouse
• Avalon Hotel (Lark)
• Bell Telephone Building, Grand Exchange
• Benoist Building
• Big Four /C. C. C. & St. Louis / N. Y. Central R.R
• Bissel Railroad Station
• Blackwell Wielandy Building
• Boatman's Bank Building
• Brinkwirth Building
• 812 Broadway
• Brown Shoe Co. Building (White House)
• Cabanne Station Post Office
• 2621 Cass Avenue
• Century Building
  St. Louis Century Building
  The Century Building, designed by Raeder, Coffin, and Crocker and completed in 1896, was a 10-story Classical Revival historic building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri that was used for offices, retail, and a 1600-seat theatre. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October...
  
  
• Christ Church Cathedral
• Civil Courts Building
  Civil Courts Building
  The Civil Courts Building is a landmark court building used by the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri.The building with its pyramid shaped roof is prominently featured in the center of photos of the Gateway Arch from the Illinois side as its location on the Memorial...
  
  
• Clairidge Hotel
• Comet Theatre
• Continental Life Building
• Creissen Hardware Co. Building
• Cromwell Apartments Building
• Cytron Mortgage Co. Building
• 915 Delmar
• Demenil Building
• DePaul Hospital
• East Saint Louis Metropolitan Sewer District Building
• East Saint Louis Public Library
• East St. Louis Federal Reserve Branch Bank
• Empress Theatre Building
• Four Courts House
• Fraternal Building
• Fry, Benjamin House
• Garavelli Buffet Restaurant / Aratas Billiards
• Garavellis Restaurant
• Gaslight Square
• Granada Theatre
• Greeley, Charles B. Residence
• Hanley Junior High School
• Hlas publishing (Czechoslovakian Liberation Army Headquarters)
• Holy Name Roman Catholic Church
• Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church
• Illinois Traction Co. Powerhouse
• Kent State University Library
• Kingsbury Apartments Building
• Korte Building
• L뭀uverture School, (colored)
• Laclede Gas Light Co.
• Liggett & Meyers Office Building
• Liggett Building (International)
• Lincoln Trust Building (Title Guaranty)
• Lindell Building (Lionberger)
• Lindell Railways Building
• Lion Gas Building (Lindy Square)
• Lions Club Building (Chicago)
• Little Sisters of the Poor, (Grand Manor)
• Maplewood High School & Lyndover Elementary
• Maplewood Lodge No. 566 A.F & A.M.
• Marquette Hotel (Milner)
• Maryville College
• Mavrako뭆 Candy Store
• McKitterick, Hugh Residence (St. Charles Monastery)
• 4215 Mcpherson Avenue
• 4265 Mcpherson Avenue
• Memorial Home (wings)
• Merchants Exchange
• Mission Free School
• Missouri Botanical Garden, (Flora Gates)
• Missouri Pacific Building (Buder)
• Missouri State Insane Asylum, (east wing)
• Musical Arts Society Building
• National Bank of Commerce (Chamber of Commerce)
• New Bank of Commerce Building, (V. A. building)
• Northwest Plaza (fountain)
• Olive Hall
• Olympic Park entrance (Creve Coeur Lake)
• Oreon E. & R.G. Scott Building
• Ormond Apartments
• Orpheum Hotel
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
• Pabst Brewing Co. Tavern Building
• Pageant Theatre
• Piskulic Monument Co.
• Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Building
• Police Court Building
• Princess Theatre (Schubert)
• Public Schools Stadium
• Quality Dairy Co. Building
• Randall, Harry J. apartment buildings
• Rivoli Theatre
• Rosenheim Building
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
• Saint Anne Asylum
• Saint Ann's Catholic Church & Shrine
• Saint Anthony's Hospital
• Saint Engelbert's Catholic Church
• Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
• Saint Henry's Catholic Church
• Saint Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church
• Saint Leos Catholic School
• Saint Liborius German Catholic Church
• Saint Louis Chamber of Commerce
• Saint Louis City Hospital School of Nursing Building*
• Saint Louis Isolation Hospital for Infants Ward Building*
• Saint Louis Poor House
• Saint Louis Star Times Building
• Saint Louis Title Co.
• Saint Louis University School of Theology Building
• Saint Mary on the Mount Hospital
• Saint Mary's Hospital
• Saint Nicholas Hotel
• Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
• Saint Peter's School & Hall Building
• Saint Rose's Roman Catholic Church
• Saint Simon of Cyrene (St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church)
• Salvation Army Temple Corps Building
• Sanford and Son General Merchandise Building
• Scotties Liquor
• Scullen Steel Company
• Second Presbyterian Church
• Joseph Smith Furniture Co. Building
• Soulard Station Post Office
• Southtown Theatre
• Statler Hotel
• Stix Baer & Fuller Dept. Store
• Tennenbaum House
• Third National Bank Building (Miss. Valley Bldg.)
• Union Electric Co. of Missouri
• Union Station
  St. Louis Union Station
  St. Louis Union Station, a National Historic Landmark, is a passenger train terminal in St. Louis, Missouri. Once the world's largest and busiest train station, it was converted in the early 1980s into a luxury hotel, shopping center, and entertainment complex...
  
  
• Unitarian Church of the Messiah
• United Railways Co. Building, Shops & Powerhouse
• University City Lions
• Usona Foundry
• 611-15 N. Vandeventer
• Wabash Terminal & Freight Depot
• Wagoner Mortuary Building
• Wainwright Building
  Wainwright Building
  The Wainwright Building is a 10-story red brick office building at 709 Chestnut Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The Wainwright Building is among the first skyscrapers in the world. It was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in the Palazzo style and built between 1890 and 1891...
  
  
• Walker Estate Building (Morris Paint Co.)
• Walsh Memorial Stadium (Oakland Stadium)
• Warwick Hotel
• Weber Bros. Realty Building
• Webster Annex School (East St. Louis)
• West End Hotel
• Westminster Laundry Co.
• Yeckel Bank Building

National Architectural Arts Center

In the original plans for the Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West, is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States...

, there was an idea to include an architecture museum on the Illinois side of the river.