The Saint Louis 1851 Campbell House Museum Formal Parlour

This beautiful High Fashioned Formal Parlour with 1854 Victorian opulence and grand splendor was a pleasure to see while in Saint Louis.  Displaying treasures that the Campbells had collected graced each room.  The entire house is a fine example of a High Fashioned Victorian residence during the Gilded Age.  

The "NEW" wealthy of Saint Louis lived in the newly developed 

Lucas Place neighborhood. 

This building that became the Campbell's 1854 residence was built in 1851 before the Campbells purchased her and would remain the only original Lucas Place residence to stand in present day.  

While here,

I wanted to especially study the window treatments

and color schemes through out the house.  The Parlour has over 40 colors in this room alone.

Photo of the Campbell House circa 1885

 

The extensive Formal Parlour was arranged into three sections with two matching Fireplaces on the outside wall of the house with Bay Window.  As you enter the room you see directly in front of you the Bay Window where this setting area is with fine Tea Service.  As you look to the left of the room there is a different concentrated living area with the front of the house windows.  When looking to the right side of the room another area is present with Piano and windows peeking into an enclosed Day room.

Red Draperies frame the tall windows with wood shutters covered by delicate lace panels that puddle onto the floor.  Decorating 101 would tell you that the puddling of fabric onto the floor indicates wealth because there was no need to stop abruptly and suddenly at the floor without lengthy amounts of overflowing material resting.

~Eloquent Porcelain Tea Service On Silver Tray~

~Painted Ceiling Design~

Built in 1851, the first house in the ele­gant Lucas Place neigh­bor­hood, the Camp­bell House was the home of renowned fur trader and entre­pre­neur Robert Camp­bell and his fam­ily from 1854 until 1938. The museum con­tains hun­dreds of orig­i­nal Camp­bell pos­ses­sions includ­ing fur­ni­ture, paint­ings, cloth­ing, let­ters, car­riages and a unique set of inte­rior pho­tographs taken in the mid-1880s.

The Campbell House Parlour Gasolier is a

Ca. 1855 Cor­nelius & Baker Gasolier later wired for electricity.

 A magnificent mansion.

Part Two to follow.

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