Jewel Box
The Jewel Box is an Art Deco display greenhouse in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri. Designed by William C. E. Becker and completed in 1936 with Public Works Administration support, it replaced earlier seasonal greenhouse displays and became a permanent floral conservatory.
- Type: Garden
- Description: greenhouse in St. Louis, Missouri
- Also known as: “St. Louis Floral Conservatory”
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Places in the Area
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Jewel Box
- Categories: greenhouse, building, and recreation area
- Location: St. Louis, St. Louis Area, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.63532° or 38° 38′ 7″ north
Longitude
-90.28028° or 90° 16′ 49″ west
Elevation
531 feet (162 metres)
Established
1936
Operator
City of St. Louis
Open location code
86CFJPP9+4V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=greenhouse
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=garden
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Jewel Box” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jewel Box”
- German: “Jewel Box (St. Louis)”
- German: “Jewel Box”
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