(Currently closed for construction. Check website for more information.)
Built in 1819, the historic Cabanne House was named for Jean Pierre Cabanne, one of the area’s first settlers. The Second Empire style home was part of the master plan for Forest Park, and served as a residence for park superintendents and commissioners. Its architectural elements–high ceilings, tall windows, and a mansard roof–are hallmarks of the post-Civil War era.
Tour Hours: Currently closed for construction.
Address: 5300 Lindell
The Campbell House was the first house in the Lucas Place neighborhood. Built in 1851, it was home to fur trader and entrepreneur Robert Campbell and his family from 1894 to 1938. Now a museum, it contains an extensive collection of the Campbells’ original possessions.
Tour Hours: Wednesday-Saturdays from 10 a.m.. to 4 p.m.; Sundays 12 to 4 p.m. The house is open by appointment only on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Address: 1508 Locust
The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park
The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park was designed in 1950 by iconic 20th-century architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Russell Kraus and his wife, Ruth Goetz Kraus, commissioned Wright to design the home in the Usonian style. Located in Kirkwood, the residence was the architect’s first building in St. Louis and one of five in Missouri.
Tour Hours:
Wednesday: 11:30 a.m and 1:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Address: 120 North Ballas
Located in the historic Compton Hill Reservoir Square neighborhood, the Magic Chef Mansion was built in 1908. Designed by Ernst Janssen for Charles Strockstrom, founder of the Quick Meal and Magic Chef Stove Company, the estate features original furniture and decor.
Tour Hours: Open year round for tours. Schedule a tour here.
Address: 3400 Russell
What’s it like to live in the Magic Chef Mansion? Tune in to the House of Lou podcast to hear a first-hand account from the homeowner.
Built from 1880 to 1884, the Tappmeyer Homestead was once a working farm to four generations of Tappmeyers. In 2003, the Victorian Italianate-style house was moved from its original location on Olive Street Road to Millennium Park, where it now serves as a public space for exhibits, tours, and functions. The first floor has been restored and holds a collection of period-appropriate furniture and decor.
Tour Hours: Open for self-guided tours during summer concerts at Millennium Park as well as every second and fourth Sunday from June through August, from noon to 4 p.m. The property is closed during the winter months.
Address: Tappmeyer House, 2 Barnes West
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Built in the 1860s, the Lemp Mansion was purchased as a residence and auxiliary office by William J. Lemp, who used his massive brewery fortune to turn the thirty-three room house into a Victorian showplace. The Lemp mansion offers guided tours, dining, and overnight accommodations.
Tour Hours: Every other Thursday from December throughAugust, with additional days added in September, October, and November. Start times vary between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Call for more information.
Address: 3322 Demenil
The Thomas Sappington House was built in 1808 in the Federal style. Named for Thomas Sappington, whose family was one of the first to settle in St. Louis County, the brick mansion has been meticulously restored and elegantly refurbished. The house is bordered by period flower and herb gardens. Visitors to the home will experience life as its inhabitants did in the early 1800s.
Museum and Library Hours: The Thomas Sappington house is open on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and the third Saturday of the month, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Address: 1015 Sappington
The Tower Grove house was built in 1849 by architect George Barnett as the country home of Missouri Botanical Garden founder Henry Shaw. In the years following Shaw’s death in 1889, Dr. William Trelease, the Garden’s first appointed director, and his wife Julia, lived at the house. This Italianate-style residence now shares the stories and legacies of Shaw on the western side of the house, and the Trelease family in the eastern bedrooms on the second floor. In 1953, it opened as a historic house museum.
Tour Hours: From April through December, the house is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Address: 4344 Shaw
Love historic homes? Tune in to the House of Lou podcast for the story behind a years-long project that transformed two Victorian homes into a single historic house museum in Joplin.
