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Robert S. Mitchell was born in 1821.
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Mercantile Library, St. Louis
(built in 1854 at the south-west corner of Broadway and Lo...)
built in 1854 at the south-west corner of Broadway and Locust Streets.
St. Louis Court House
(At the St. Louis Court House, begun in 1939 from plans of...)
At the St. Louis Court House, begun in 1939 from plans of Henry Singleton, Mitchell supervised the construction after 1851 and the building as completed was largely his work.
ROBERT S. MITCHELL
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He left Ohio in the early 1840’s to serve an apprenticeship in architecture under his uncle, Stuart Matthews of St. Louis. After beginning practice for himself his first important commission was to design the Mercantile Library which was built in 1854 at the south-west corner of Broadway and Locust Streets. It was razed some thirty years later to make way for the present Library building. At the St. Louis Court House, begun in 1939 from plans of Henry Singleton, Mitchell supervised the construction after 1851 and the building as completed was largely his work. The dome as originally built was replaced in 1859 by one of Renaissance design, developed from a plan of William Rumbold.
In 1862 Mr. Mitchell left for a vacation in Europe, and on his return voyage in April of the next year the ship was wrecked in a storm at sea and all the passengers were lost.
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- elder brother:
- John F. Mitchell
- Uncle:
- Stuart Matthews
- coworker:
- Henry Singleton
Mr. Mitchell left Ohio in the early 1840’s to serve an apprenticeship in architecture under his uncle, Stuart Matthews of St. Louis.
At the St. Louis Court House, begun in 1939 from plans of Henry Singleton, Mitchell supervised the construction after 1851 and the building as completed was largely his work.
