Eames & Young
| Company type | Architectural partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Architecture |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Founder | Thomas Crane Young, William Sylvester Eames |
| Headquarters | St. Louis , United States |
Area served | United States |
Eames and Young was a prominent American architectural partnership located in St. Louis, Missouri, recognized across the country for multiple structures included on the National Register of Historic Places. The firm was established by Thomas Crane Young and William Sylvester Eames.
History
The firm’s leaders were Thomas Crane Young, FAIA, and William Sylvester Eames, FAIA. Young, originally from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, pursued studies at Washington University in St. Louis and the Ecole des Beaux Arts before briefly joining Boston’s Van Brunt & Howe. Eames, a native of St. Louis, attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and held the position of Deputy Commissioner of Public Buildings in the city.
Their collaboration began in 1885, focusing initially on designing ornate residences within St. Louis’s Vandeventer Place and other exclusive neighborhoods. This work evolved into the creation of notable downtown warehouse complexes collectively known as Cupples Station. Eames also held the presidency of the American Institute of Architects from 1904 to 1905. Over the early decades of the 20th century, their firm earned a distinguished reputation for delivering skyscrapers, offices, educational facilities, and institutional projects nationwide.
Following Eames’s death in 1915, Young completed his final significant commission with the expansive 1926 St. Louis Masonic Temple, retiring a year later in 1927. The firm’s historical records are preserved by the Art and Architecture Library at Washington University Libraries.
Notably, Eames was the uncle of the famed American designer Charles Eames.
Work
- Cupples Stations Warehouses, St. Louis, 1892–1915
- Lindell Pavilion, Forest Park, St. Louis, 1892
- United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1895
- Mississippi Valley Trust (Schupp Building), St. Louis, 1896
- United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, 1902
- Frisco Building, St. Louis, Missouri, 1903–04
- Palace of Education, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 (demolished)
- The Alaska Building, Seattle’s inaugural steel-frame skyscraper, 1904
- Wright Building, St. Louis, 1906 (later connected to Arcade Building)
- Ely Walker Lofts, St. Louis, 1907
- The Josephinum, Seattle, Washington, 1908
- Hotchkiss Chapel, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, 1909
- Corby–Forsee Building, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1910
- United States Customs House, San Francisco, circa 1911
- Walker Bank Building, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1912
- Boatmen's Bank Building, St. Louis, 1914
- Masonic Temple, St. Louis (in collaboration with Albert B. Groves), 1926