Dr. George Ashe Bronson House
Dr. George Ashe Bronson House | |
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| Location | 3201 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′15″N 90°13′30″W / 38.637630°N 90.225036°W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Peabody & Stearns and Pierce P. Furber |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000305 |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 2015 |
The Dr. George Ashe Bronson House is a 136-year-old historic house on Washington Ave in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built in 1885 for prominent local dentist Dr. George Ashe Bronson as both an office and a residence for him and his widowed mother. Bronson lived in the house until his death in 1932. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]
Description
[edit]The house is a brick home in the style of the Late Victorian era with design elements from other styles popular at the time of its construction. It stands at two-and-one-half stories tall and sits at the corner of Washington Avenue and Compton Avenue. The first floor contains seven primary rooms.
History
[edit]The home was built by the Boston architectural firm Peabody & Stearns and St. Louis developers Pierce P. Furber in 1885, after the death of Dr. Bronson, the home was transferred to a trust until its purchase by a developer in 2014.
George Ashe Bronson
[edit]Bronson was a prominent local dentist. He practiced dentistry from the home and had two patents related to dentistry.[2][3]
Bronson was an avid gardener and in 1908 created a Japanese garden on the premises of the home dubbed "The Oasis".[4][5][6][7] The design of the gardens came from Shiro Miyake, a dental student at nearby Washington University.[8] Miyake came to America with the Japanese exhibit to the 1904 World's Fair and for a time was Dr. Bronson's houseman.[6][7][9] The gardens were used by patients as a distraction from painful dental procedures.
He never married and at the age of 70 Bronson died suddenly of a heart attack in October 1932.[10][7]
Renovation
[edit]In 2014 the building was purchased by Acree-Kelley LLC.[11] In 2016 the building was renovated for use as commercial offices by Hicor Group.[12][13] In 2017 the renovation work won the "Most Enhanced Award" from the Landmarks Association of St. Louis.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "NPGallery Asset Detail". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ Davis, George S. (1895). "The 1895 Bulletin of Pharmacy". Dental Register. 49: 44.
- ^ Patent 531,093 and 531,094 "Dental napkin-holder"
- ^ "A Japanese Garden in the Heart of the City". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 29, 1909. p. B1.
- ^ "A Dentist's Recreation". Dental Brief: An American Journal of Dental Science. Vol. 16. Philadelphia. January 1911. p. 6.
- ^ a b "4 Aug 1929, Page 38 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ a b c "18 Oct 1932, Page 2 - The St. Louis Star and Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "22 May 1909, 1 - St. Louis Globe-Democrat at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "10 Apr 1935, 9 - The Park City Daily News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Dr. Geo. A. Bronson, Rich Philanthropist, dies suddenly at 79". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 18, 1932.
- ^ "Coolest office spaces: Bronson House renovations keep history in style". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ Bryant, Tim. "Contractor to move to historic St. Louis house". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ Ihnen, Alex (2017-03-30). "Historic Bronson Residence Gets A New Life as Hicor Group HQ (3201 Washington)". NextSTL. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Bronson House Renovation Wins 'Most Enhanced Award' from Landmarks Association of St. Louis – St. Louis Construction News and Review". Retrieved 2021-02-05.
