Tour of the DeMenil Mansion in St. Louis! (Built it 1849)
Today we go on a tour of the DeMenil Mansion in St. Louis! YAY! :D
P.s. I'm a bit behind on school, so I might not be able to answer comments like I usually do!!
Tickets are 10 dollars and the tour lasts an hour or more! Tour times are Wed-Saturday 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on the hour. They are closed January and February.
PLEASE consider donating to the Mansion as they are in desperate need of your support! Thanks
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Chatillon-DeMenil MANSION
EVENT PLANNED FOR OCT. 19, 2008
12:00-5:00 IN St. Louis, Mo to save historic house from 1840s. In need of 175 thousand dollars. Since Anheuser Busch was burchased by INBEV, the Belgiun brewery will no longer donate to this old Victorian non-for profit.
Lemp & Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion
Sorry for the lack of internal photos there was a prom going on outside and the inside was packed with dinner service for the eatery. Inside photos are in the Lemp Mansion gift shop.
The Lemp Mansion was built in the early 1860's and was subsequently purchased by William J. Lemp as a residence and auxiliary brewery office. Although it was already an impressive structure, Lemp used his massive brewery fortune to turn the thirty-three room house into a Victorian showplace.
The radiator system was installed in 1884, five years after radiant heat was patented. The grand staircase was removed to accommodate an open-air lift that ran the gamut of the house. The decorative iron gates in the basement restaurant are all that remain of the elevator. In 1904 the house was completely renovated. To the left of the main entrance is the former brewery office, where William Jr. committed suicide. The decorative mantle is Italian marble.
To the right is the parlor, with its hand-painted ceiling and intricately carved mantles of African mahogany. Behind the parlor is an atrium where the Lemps kept exotic plants and birds. The main bathroom is dominated by a unique glass-enclosed, free-standing shower that Lemp discovered in an Italian hotel and brought back to St. Louis for his personal use. Other unusual fixtures in the room are a barber chair and a sink with glass legs. At the rear of the house are three massive vaults that the Lemps built to store great quantities of art objects. The Lemps were such avid art collectors that they could not display all of their acquisitions. Each vault is fifteen feet wide, twenty-five feet deep, and thirteen feet high.
The bedrooms were on the second floor. The main bathroom has a white granite shower stall and a marble and cast-iron mantle. The servants' quarters were located on the third floor, which boasts cedar walk-in closets, a skylight and an observation deck. The mansion does not have a ballroom in the traditional sense because the Lemps built an auditorium, ballroom and swimming pool in a natural underground cavern that could be reached from a now-sealed tunnel in the basement. Another tunnel led from the house to the brewery.
The wine and beer cellars, laundry and kitchen were located in the basement. The huge kitchen that once served the elite of St. Louis society has been completely modernized and now serves the honored guest of the historic Lemp Mansion Restaurant.
We were unable to go into the DeMenil Mansion this trip apologies for the lack of pictures just a few from the sidewalk
Chatillon sold the “farmhouse” in 1856 to Dr. Nicolas N. DeMenil and his business partner Eugene Miltenberger. DeMenil was a wealthy Frenchman. He came to St. Louis in 1834 and married Emilie Sophie Chouteau, who was a descendant of St. Louis’ founding family. In 1861, the DeMenil family hired English architect Henry Pitcher to turn the farmhouse into a Greek Revival Mansion. At that time they moved into the home permanently. The addition was completed in 1863.
When Nicolas died in 1882 his only child Alexander inherited the house. He lived there until his death in 1928. Three generations of the DeMenil family occupied the home until 1929. From that year until 1945 the Mansion was maintained by caretakers, Edwin and Jennie Kaiser. Mr. Lee Hess bought the property in 1945 to develop the natural cave system under the property, the Cherokee Cave, into a tourist attraction.
When Interstate 55 was being planned in the early 1960's the house was going to be torn down. The Landmarks Association decided to buy the land and home from the State of Missouri Highway Commission. With a $40,000 gift from Union Electric they bought the house and land. Restoration of the mansion began in the summer of 1964. Formal dedication of the restored Mansion took place in 1965.
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