George W. Hellmuth

American architect (1870-1955)
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican architect (1870-1955)
PlacesUnited States of America
isArchitect
Work fieldEngineering
Gender
Male
Education
Missouri University of Science and Technology
The details

Biography

George William Hellmuth (1870-1955) was an American architect based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Hellmuth educated at the Missouri School of Mines and worked in a practice with Louis Spiering. He also worked with his brother Harry at the firm Hellmuth and Hellmuth Architects. His son, George F. Hellmuth was also a noted architect.

Works

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Albert Bond Lambert House (1902–03), St. Louis, Missouri
  • Sanitol Building (1906), 4252-4264 Laclede Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, NRHP-listed
  • R.E.M. Bain House (1909)
  • International Fur Exchange Building (1919–20), 2-14 S. Fourth St., St. Louis, Missouri, NRHP-listed
  • Steelcote Manufacturing Company Paint Factory (1922–29), 801 Edwin, St. Louis, Missouri (Hellmuth & Hellmuth), NRHP-listed

Works involving George W. Hellmuth in the Waterman Place-Kingsbury Place-Washington Terrace Historic District, in St. Louis, are:

  • 71 Waterman Place (1900), Colonial Revival two-story light brown brick house, designed by G.W. Hellmuth
  • 21 Waterman Place (1901), three-story Colonial Revival light brown brick house designed by G.W. Hellmuth
  • 14 Waterman Place (1904), a two-story brown brick Colonial Revival house designed by G. W. Hellmuth
  • 15 Kingsbury Place (1906), three-story Beaux Arts house designed by G.W. Hellmuth
  • 39 Kingsbury Place (1909), three-story Colonial Revival house designed by Hellmuth & Spiering
  • 48 Washington Terrace (1909), Tudor Revival designed by Hellmuth & Spieringv
  • the one contributing site: a terraced/sunken garden at 14 Waterman Place (1909) which was created by Hellmuth & Spearing.
  • 94 Waterman Place (1911), a two-story red brick Colonial Revival house designed by Hellmuth & Hellmuth.
  • 20 Kingsbury Place (1911), Italian Renaissance, designed by Hellmuth & Hellmuth
  • 6 Kingsbury Place (1912), three-story Italian Renaissance house designed by Hellmuth & Hellmuth
  • 33 Waterman Place (1913), Colonial Revival red brick house with a slate roof, designed by Hellmuth & Hellmuth
  • 63 Kingsbury Place (1915), three-story Colonial Revival house designed by Hellmuth & Hellmuth

Also possibly designed by G.W. Hellmuth is:

  • 57 Waterman Place (1902), three-story brown brick house "very similar to Hellmuth's 21 Waterman Place from the previous year"
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