The St. Louis Building Arts Foundation started as the personal collecting hobby of Larry Giles, a historic preservationist in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
The foundation saves architecturally significant pieces of historic buildings in the St. Louis region before they are demolished. They also collect before major renovations are made to historic structures. Columns, beams, facades, and other architectural elements were stored in a number of warehouse spaces around St. Louis for a number of years.
In 2007, the collection was consolidated and moved to Sauget, Illinois, in the former Sterling Steel Casting foundry property. The collection is more than 300,000 items in 1,600 wooden crates of 30 cubic feet. It cost about $1 million to acquire the Sauget site and move the artifacts there in 350 semi-truck loads.
The foundation hopes to one day show their collection to the general public in a National Building Arts Center. In the original plans for the Gateway Arch, there was an idea to include an architecture museum on the Illinois side of the river. To raise money for the shelter, Giles is selling duplicates and doubles of artifacts, in addition to traditional fundraising.
Items in the collection include:
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