German-born American architect
Theodore Carl Link
Born (1850-03-17 ) March 17, 1850Died November 12, 1923(1923-11-12) (aged 73) Resting place Bellefontaine Cemetery Education Occupation Architect Spouse Signature
Theodore C. Link ,FAIA , (March 17, 1850 – November 12, 1923) was a German-born American architect and newspaper publisher. He designed buildings for the1904 World's Fair ,Louisiana State University , and theMississippi State Capitol .
His best known work is in theRichardsonian Romanesque style, specifically theSt. Louis Union Station (1894), and theSecond Presbyterian Church (1899).[ 1] Theodore Link Historic Buildings (c. 1911) inUniversity City are three private residences on Delmar Boulevard that are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, Missouri .[ 2]
Theodore Carl Link was born on March 17, 1850, nearHeidelberg , Germany. He was trained in engineering at theUniversity of Heidelberg and theÉcole Centrale Paris .[ 3]
St. Louis Union Station Link immigrated to the United States, arriving inSt. Louis in 1873 to work for theAtlantic and Pacific Railroad company. He married Annie Fuller on September 22, 1875.[ 3] Julius Pitzman recommended him to the job of superintendent of public parks for St. Louis. In 1889, Link joined theAmerican Institute of Architects and started his own private architectural practice.[ 4]
After a four-year interim as a German-language newspaper publisher inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania , Link returned to St. Louis just after the turn of the century as one of the architects for the1904 World's Fair . In 1901, he won the competition to design the newMississippi State Capitol building in Jackson, which was completed two years later. He also "designed most of the buildings for LSU when the campus was relocated in the 1920s."[ 5]
Link died inBaton Rouge while working on the newLouisiana State University campus,[ 6] Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. In 1995 was awarded a star on theSt. Louis Walk of Fame .[ 7]
Among the 100+ buildings he designed:
1869 Monticello Seminary (nowLewis and Clark Community College ),Godfrey, Illinois 1891 gates and several houses for two of St. Louis'sprivate places , Westmoreland Place and Portland Place 1894St. Louis Union Station , modeled on the fortifications ofCarcassonne , with architect Edward Cameron[ 3] [ 8] 1899Second Presbyterian Church , 4501 Westminster Place, St. Louis[ 9] 1901 St. John's United Methodist Church, 5000 Washington Place 1901Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency , 780 East Cerro Gordo Street,Decatur, Illinois [ 10] 1902 Wabash Railroad Station, Danville, Illinois[ 11] 1903Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal , Liberty Avenue at Ferry Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1903Mississippi State Capitol ,Jackson, Mississippi 1904 Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the1904 World's Fair (razed) 1904 Reid Hall and campus master plan forWashington and Lee University [ 12] 1906 Barr Branch,St. Louis Public Library 1908Wednesday Club building and auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri[ 13] 1910 Roberts Shoe (International Shoe) Company Building, St. Louis, with ornament influenced byLouis Sullivan 1911 Theodore Link Historic Buildings, 7100, 7104 and 7108 Delmar Blvd, University City, Missouri[ 2] 1919–1923, master plan and nine buildings for theLouisiana State University , including theMemorial Tower , withW. T. Trueblood Westmoreland Place gates, St. Louis, Missouri
Portland Place gates, St. Louis, Missouri
Wabash Station, Decatur, Illinois
Wabash Station, Decatur, Illinois
Mississippi State Capitol
Grand Hall, St. Louis Union Station
Reid Hall, Washington and Lee University
Roberts Shoe Company Building, St. Louis, Missouri
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory –Nomination Form, Theodore Link Historic District" (PDF) .National Park Service , U.S. Department of the Interior^a b "NPGallery Asset Detail: Link, Theodore, Historic Buildings" .National Park Service , U.S. Department of the Interior. RetrievedDecember 31, 2021 .^a b c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . RetrievedAugust 14, 2020 – viaGoogle Books .^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory –Nomination Form, Theodore Link Historic District" (PDF) .National Park Service , U.S. Department of the Interior^ "Louisiana State University Architectural Drawings by Theodore Link" .Louisiana Digital Library, Baton Rouge, LA .^ Tofts, Caroline Hewes."Theodore C. Link, FAIA (1850–1923)" .Landmarks Association of St Louis . RetrievedFebruary 2, 2015 . ^ "St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees" . St. Louis Walk of Fame. RetrievedApril 25, 2013 .^ Larson, Paul Clifford; Brown, Susan Mattseld (1988).The Spirit of H.H. Richardson on the Midland Prairies: Regional Transformations of an Architectural Style ISBN 9780813800172 ^ "Second Presbyterian Church St. Louis, Missouri".American Presbyterians .68 (3): 206. Fall 1990.JSTOR 23332669 . ^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996).Great American Railroad Stations . New York:John Wiley & Sons , Inc. p. 295.ISBN 978-0471143895 ^ Railroad Gazette ^ Warren, Mame (1998).Come Cheer for Washington and Lee .Washington & Lee University Press (Meridian Printing). p. 12. ^ "History" .
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