Join the Campbell House Museum on Sunday, December 10 to hear a lecture about the old Famous Barr Department store. Edna Gravenhorst will be lecturing about the history of the department store as well as promoting her book on the subject.
May Company purchased the Famous Clothing Company in 1892 and acquired the William Barr Dry Goods Company nineteen years later. In 1914, Famous-Barr opened the doors of its iconic downtown location, treating folks across Missouri and Illinois to almost a century of spectacular window displays and noteworthy luncheons.
The event is free and open to the public. There is limited free parking in the lot adjacent to the house and street parking is free on Sundays.
Join the Campbell House on Sunday, November 5 at 2 p.m. for a lecture on the history of the Saint Louis Gateway Arch. Author, architect, and historian, John Guenther will be giving the lecture on his new book, The Gateway Arch: An Illustrated Timeline.
The event is free and open to the public, no reservations are required. There is limited free parking in the lot adjacent to the house and street parking is free on Sundays.
Join the Campbell House Museum for a Lecture on “Historic Tales of Saint Louis” on Sunday, October 15! Local historian, Mark Zeman will be giving the presentation on his new book with the same title and will include stories of top hats, opium, and the extermination of the buffalo.
The event is free and no reservations are required. There is limited free parking in the lot adjacent to the house. Street parking is free on Sundays.
Join us Sunday, August 27 at 2 p.m. for a lecture titled “Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois.” Historian Julie Nicolai will be giving the lecture on her new book with this same title. It is the first book on the underground railroad in Missouri and features never before published sites.
People enslaved in Missouri and Illionois experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Priscilla Baltimore purchased her own emancipation and founded a freedom village. Many who fled for their lives spent time bunkered in the basement of Hanson House. The region’s Congregationalists brought a fiery brand of abolitionism. And Prairie Park still holds the faded “haint” blue paint traditionally used on slave dwellings. Author Julia Nicolai details stories just like these in the lecture.
Reservations are not required. Parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Campbell House and street parking is free on Sundays.
Join the Campbell House museum Sunday, December 3 for an informative lecture given by Tom Gronski on the History of Christmas, from the Baron’s Hall to the Campbell House.
