ARCHITECTURAL ARTIFACTS
of ST. LOUIS

Building: The Ambassador Theatre Location: 411 N. 7th at Locust Street, Northwest corner Designed by: C. W. Rapp and George Rapp (Rapp and Rapp) firm of architects Built: 1926 Demolished: 1996 Artifacts Manufactured by: Winkle Terra Cotta Company Currently: Plaza in front of a bank Quantity: Sphinx: 7, Cartouche: 9 Size: Sphinx: 65" x 45", Cartouche: 36" x 6' 4" Price: $4000 per piece of architectural salavage These pieces have been in storage since 1996. They were recently

Building: Carpenters Building Location: Grand Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, North St. Louis Demolished: 2006 Currently: Title Max Cornice pieces are sold. Square with circles in Celtic design: $750 An architect and friend came into the shop and fell in love with the architectural salvage cornice pieces from the Carpenters Building. Working together with Laura Johnson, also an architect, the pieces were measured and drawn, then reassembled into a fireplace surround

Salvaged from Kansas City Mo. this lion is clutching a shield with a fleur-de-lis on it.

Cast terra cotta with a polychrome glaze. 12” x 12” x 4” Price: $300 Can remain outside for architectural garden ornamentation.

Made of terra cotta, this cast baby head, may also be an angel or a putti.

This architectural signage from the Washington School No. 73, which was located in East St. Louis was salvaged in 2000.

Picture the center piece at the top of an arch, plain bricks would cascade down to the pieces on the left and right side, ending with a...

This ornate pilaster capital is glazed in white and made of cast terra cotta.

A grand statement for the City of St. Louis, this Fleur di Lis is cast in terra cotta with soft curves and deep castings.