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John Cairns was born in Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Forrest Park University, St. Louis
Pettis County Court House at Sedalia
JOHN CAIRNS
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He migrated to the United States in the early eighties, and shortly after settled in St. Louis. Mr. Cairns is credited with having planned a number of that city's early buildings of which the most important were the Presbyterian Church (or the Giddings Church as it was sometimes known) at Sarah and Washington Streets; Forrest Park University, a school for girls, and several fine homes of that period, of which the MacLaren residence on Lindall Boulevard was a distinguished example. Mr. Cairns was also architect of the Pettis County Court House at Sedalia, Mo., built prior to 1885.
