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Wainwright Tomb

Built in 1892 (Chicago School). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“The Wainwright Tomb is a mausoleum located in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Originally constructed for Charlotte Dickson Wainwright in 1892, the tomb also contains the remains of her husband, Ellis Wainwright.”

Wikipedia article Wainwright Tomb, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 1970 · category: Structure · built in 1892, Chicago School.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Bellefontaine Cemetery, 4947 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis (Independent City), 63147
  • When was it listed? June 1970
  • Category. structure
  • When was it built? 1892
  • Architectural style. Chicago School
  • National Register reference number. 70000907 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wainwright Tomb in 2006, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Wainwright Tomb: 37 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Thorium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1Clay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 3Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Madison PlantThoriumProducer
Prospect Hill Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Bambrick-Bates Const. Co Quarry 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co Quarry 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bowdirns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carl's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carlins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Bellefontaine Cemetery0.4 miles2014
Holly Place Historic District0.6 miles2007
Harrison School1.0 miles2007
Otto Kulage House1.0 miles2002
Mark Twain Elementary School1.0 miles2011
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Hall, School, Convent, and Rectory1.0 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 70000907 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Louis CountyAll 663 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.