Thomas B. Annan

Background

Thomas B. Annan was born on December 20, 1839.

Career

Beginning practice shortly after the end of the Civil War, he joined the late Major Francis D. Lee in establishing the firm of Lee & Annan and continued to work under that name until the Major’s death in 1885. Among the most important works of the firm in downtown St. Louis were the Roe Building at Broadway and Pine Street, and the Merchant’s Exchange at the corner of Third & Chestnut. The latter completed in 1875, was said to have been built at a cost of two million dollars, and at the time of its erection was the largest Trade Hall with an unsupported ceiling in the country.

During the 1890 s, Mr. Annan practiced jointly with his son Joseph, and in that period designed the Boatman's Bank Building, and the mansion-type residence on West Pine Boulevard built for Samuel E. Cupples, said to have cost more than half a million dollars. Mr. Annan, who was one of the leading laymen of the Southern Methodist Church in St. Louis, designed for the church an Orphans’ Home on Maryland Avenue, near Newstead.

Works

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• architecture

  • Merchant’s Exchange at the corner of Third & Chestnut

    (It was said to have been built at a cost of two million d...)

    1875

  • Boatman's Bank Building

    (Mr. Annan designed the Boatman's Bank Building together w...)

Religion

Mr. Annan, who was one of the leading laymen of the Southern Methodist Church in St. Louis, designed for the church an Orphans’ Home on Maryland Avenue, near Newstead.

Connections

Thomas has a son: Joseph.

Son:

Joseph Annan

Mr. Annan practiced jointly with his son Joseph (During the 1890-s), and in that period designed the Boatman's Bank Building.

coworker:

Major Francis D. Lee

Annan Thomas B. joined the late Major Francis D. Lee in establishing the firm of Lee & Annan.

employer:

Samuel E. Cupples

For him Mr. Annan built the mansion-type residence on West Pine Boulevard. It is said that the building costed more than half a million dollars.