Join Landmarks Association of St. Louis for our lectures series, a diverse selection of talks covering the history, architecture, and culture of the St. Louis Region.
Lectures are at 6:00 PM on Wednesdays. With assistance from the Regional Arts Commission, all lectures are FREE.
Walk-ins are welcome, but seating is limited. Registration is requested. Please register for each lecture individually by clicking on the 'Tickets' button on this event.*
*If RSVP capacity is reached, walk-ins may be limited to standing room only.
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October 8, 2025 @ 6:00 PM | Andrew Weil, Executive Director, Landmarks Association
"In Fact, Guns Everywhere"
Andrew Weil, Executive Director of Landmarks Association will discuss Civil War defenses of St. Louis and some of the people who played roles in their planning and construction. Using historic architectural drawings of the wide range of complex structures, this talk will discuss the forms, functional components, and strategic geography of the mutually supporting system of polygonal forts that ringed St. Louis from 1861-1865.
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October 15, 2025 @ 6:00 PM | John Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, John C. Guenther Architect LLC
"The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis: An Illustrated Timeline"
Spanning over 350 years of history, this lecture explores the story of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis—from the early French exploration of the Mississippi River to the creation of one of the world’s great cathedrals. Drawing from the book The Story of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, the talk will highlight the growth of Catholicism in the region, the evolution of St. Louis, and the construction of key churches leading up to the present-day Cathedral Basilica. Attendees will gain insight into its architectural design, structural refinements, and the awe-inspiring mosaics that define its interior, all illustrated with historical imagery.
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October 22, 2025 @ 6:00 PM | Nick Sacco, Historian and Curator, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
"St. Louis Hills, its History and Architecture"
An exploration of pre-Civil War St. Louis through the daguerreotype photographs of Thomas Easterly that are housed at the Missouri Historical Society. No other photographer in St. Louis captured the city’s built landscape of the 1840s and 1850s quite like Easterly.
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October 29, 2025 @ 6:00 PM | Jeff Smith, Emeritus Professor of History
"When Grief Becomes Beauty: The Rural Cemetery Movement in Nineteenth Century America"
The Rural Cemetery Movement was something of a revolution in the ways and spaces Americans mourned and commemorated the dead. Ideas and attitudes from this transformation are still with us as we walk around these historic cemeteries, great and small.
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November 5, 2025 @ 6:00 PM | Amanda Clark, Public Historian, Missouri Historical Society
"St. Louis Women in Architecture"
Amanda Clark, public historian with the Missouri Historical Society, will share the fascinating and complex story of women who have shaped St. Louis’ built environment–as architects, engineers, educators, patrons, and caretakers. This lecture will uncover and explore lesser-known historic contributions and celebrate those that continue that tradition today.
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