Historic Preservation

The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries in Grand Center launched an $11 million capital campaign on Wednesday to fund renovations including a new marquee, new lounge area and an enhanced entranceway.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform a private concert at Powell Hall on Sept. 19, followed by a weekend of the orchestra’s first subscription concerts at its longtime home since the organization began a $140 million renovation and expansion two years ago.

To save the Joseph Sappington Home, preservationists first demolished it piece by piece.

The memorial is meant to foster understanding and collective healing for the small Missouri town.

The People’s National Bank says the prominent developer has not made a single payment on the multimillion-dollar loan.

Developers said the Armory would be a leading entertainment destination. Less than two years after opening in an unfinished state, the Amory has closed indefinitely while its leaders seek more funding.

The small district tucked directly north of the Gateway Arch National Park has quietly undergone a massive redevelopment in the past half-dozen years.

Archaeologist Erin Whitson describes how she has been researching – and coming to terms – with two facts around her home state and hometown: Missouri’s having the most miles of the Cherokee Trail of Tears and Steelville’s being on that path of forced removal.

Historian Patricia Cleary’s new book details the history of the more than two dozen mounds that once stood in St. Louis.

Belleville Historical Society is asking St. Clair County and the city of Belleville to halt a plan to demolish a vacant storefront on West Main Street that was built during the Civil War.