DATE: 1940s - 1960s
CREATOR: Cotton, Philip W.
SCOPE: Papers of St. Louis architect W. Philip Cotton.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Cotton was a part of the group of architects, historians, and planners that created Heritage St. Louis, a group that documented buildings and guided preservation efforts. He also served as the organization's executive director.
His projects include Mark Twain's Boyhood Home in Hannibal, Mo., the waterfront in Historic St. Charles, the Collins House in Collinsville, the Gittemeier House in Florissant, the Saline (Mo.) County Courthouse and structures at the Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park. He also prepared the "statement of significance" for the nomination of the Wainwright Building to the National Register of Historic Places. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1968.
EXTENT: 0.5 cubic feet
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RESTRICTIONS: None
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.”
