Gateway Arch National Park
national park, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Also known as: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
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design by Saarinen
- In Eero Saarinen: Life
…1948 prizewinning design for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (later Gateway Arch National Park) in St. Louis, Missouri, was completed in 1965. The Gateway Arch is a graceful and spectacular arch of stainless steel with a span and height of 630 feet (190 metres). It conveys a sense of ceremony…
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Gateway Arch
- In Gateway Arch
The gleaming archway, part of Gateway Arch National Park, commemorates the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the subsequent opening of the West to settlers following the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06), which began nearby. The park also includes the Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott, an enslaved person, first (1847 and 1850)…
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