Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
David Francis
Born October 1, 1850
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. David Francis Marker
Inscription.
David Francis. Born October 1, 1850. David Rowland Francis came to St. Louis in 1866 and graduated from Washington University in 1870. A successful businessman, he was elected Mayor of St. Louis in 1885 and Governor of Missouri in 1888; he later served as Secretary of the Interior from 1896-97 and was U.S. Ambassador to Russia during the 1917 Russian Revolution. As President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Francis made the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair a globally celebrated event. David Francis simultaneously attracted the 3rd modern Olympiad to St. Louis, and the 1904 Olympic venues Francis Gymnasium and Francis Field are still in use on Washington University's campus.
David Rowland Francis came to St. Louis in 1866 and graduated from Washington University in 1870. A successful businessman, he was elected Mayor of St. Louis in 1885 and Governor of Missouri in 1888; he later served as Secretary of the Interior from 1896-97 and was U.S. Ambassador to Russia during the 1917 Russian Revolution. As President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Francis made the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair a globally celebrated event. David Francis simultaneously attracted the 3rd modern Olympiad to St. Louis, and the 1904 Olympic venues Francis Gymnasium and Francis Field are still in use on Washington University's campus.
Location. 38° 39.379′ N, 90° 18.462′ W. Marker is in University City, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Delmar Loop. It is on Delmar Boulevard east of Kingsland Avenue, on the right. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6669 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Also see . . . David R. Francis - Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 15, 2018, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 352 times since then and 18 times this year. Photo1. submitted on October 10, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
