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Theodore C. Link, FAIA, (March 17, 1850 - November 12, 1923) was a German-American architect.

He was born in Germany, and received his education in England and France, moving to St. Louis in 1873 to work for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company. In 1875, St. Louis Surveyor Julius Pitzman recommended him to the job of superintendent of public parks for St. Louis, and after a four-year interim as a German-language newspaper publisher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Link returned to St. Louis as one of the architects for the 1904 World's Fair.

Link died in Batron Rouge while working on the Louisiana State University. He's buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, and in 1995 was awarded a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Work

Among his list of 100+ buildings include:

1889 Monticello Seminary (now Lewis & Clark Community College), Godfrey, Illinois
1891 gates and several houses for two of St. Louis's private places, Westmoreland Place and Portland Place
1894 St. Louis Union Station, modeled on the fortifications of Carcassonne, with architect Edward Cameron
1899 Second Presbyterian Church, 5401 Westminster Place
1901 St. John’s United Methodist Church, 5000 Washington Place
1903 Mississippi State Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi
1904 Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the 1904 World's Fair (razed)
1910 Roberts Shoe (International Shoe) Company Building, St. Louis, with ornament influenced by Louis Sullivan
1919-1923, master plan and nine buildings for the Louisiana State University, including the Memorial Tower, with Wilbur Tyson Trueblood

Images

Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, 1904 World's Fair

Mississippi State Capitol

Grand Hall, St. Louis Union Station

Memorial Tower at LSU

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