Samuel Cupples
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Samuel Cupples was a St. Louis, Missouri
woodenware merchant and business partner of Robert S. Brookings
. With the Brookings Brothers, Cupples enlarged his company to enormous proportions. He also built "Cupples Station" in downtown St. Louis to aid in the transport of goods from the river to the railroad; the station became a most valuable asset to St. Louis merchants.
In 1900, Cupples, with the agreement of Brookings, turned all company assets totaling $4 million over to Washington University in addition to funds for the construction of three new buildings: this building Cupples I, Cupples II Hall and the Cupples Engineering Building, which was demolished in 1967 to make room for Bryan Hall. Cupples also served on the board of directors at Washington University.
In 1888, he built his residential home on West Pine Boulevard, Cupples House
, the cost totaling $500,000, which now would approximately equal $15 to 20 million dollars. The home is now on the United States National Register of Historic Homes and has been made into a museum located on the Saint Louis University
Campus, at 3671 West Pine Boulevard. The hours are 11-4pm and Mondays by appointment only.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
woodenware merchant and business partner of Robert S. Brookings
Robert S. Brookings
Robert Somers Brookings was an American businessman and philanthropist, known for his involvement with Washington University in St. Louis and his founding of the Brookings Institution.-Biography:Brookings grew up on the Little Elk Creek in Cecil County, near Baltimore, Maryland...
. With the Brookings Brothers, Cupples enlarged his company to enormous proportions. He also built "Cupples Station" in downtown St. Louis to aid in the transport of goods from the river to the railroad; the station became a most valuable asset to St. Louis merchants.
In 1900, Cupples, with the agreement of Brookings, turned all company assets totaling $4 million over to Washington University in addition to funds for the construction of three new buildings: this building Cupples I, Cupples II Hall and the Cupples Engineering Building, which was demolished in 1967 to make room for Bryan Hall. Cupples also served on the board of directors at Washington University.
In 1888, he built his residential home on West Pine Boulevard, Cupples House
Cupples House
Cupples House is an historic mansion in St. Louis, Missouri, constructed from 1888 to 1890 by Samuel Cupples, a wealthy businessman. It is now a museum on the campus of Saint Louis University. The house is designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style.-External links:*...
, the cost totaling $500,000, which now would approximately equal $15 to 20 million dollars. The home is now on the United States National Register of Historic Homes and has been made into a museum located on the Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...
Campus, at 3671 West Pine Boulevard. The hours are 11-4pm and Mondays by appointment only.