A tucked-away historic room at the Central Library houses a collection of 1,500 rare architectural books

Wealthy St. Louis industrialist and inventor George Fox Steedman and his wife, Carrie Robb Howard, donated their personal collection of 600 books to the library, along with funds to purchase additional titles and construct a special room to house them.

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