Louis LaBeaume

Louis LaBeaume
Louis LaBeaume, c. 1915
Born(1873-07-31)July 31, 1873
St. Louis
DiedNovember 9, 1961(1961-11-09) (aged 88)
St. Louis
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
AwardsFellow, American Institute of Architects (1923);
National Academician, National Academy of Design (1949)
PracticeMariner & LaBeaume;
LaBeaume & Klein;
LaBeaume, Abbitt & Unland;
LaBeaume & Unland
The Supreme Court of Missouri building in Jefferson City, designed by Mariner & LaBeaume in the Beaux-Arts style and completed in 1907.
Roemer Hall of Lindenwood University, designed by LaBeaume & Klein in the Collegiate Gothic style and completed in 1921.
The former Downtown YMCA Building in St. Louis, designed by LaBeaume & Klein in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and completed in 1926.
The St. Louis Women's Christian Association in St. Louis, later the Phillis Wheatley Branch of the YWCA, designed by LaBeaume & Klein in the Colonial Revival style and completed in 1927.
Butler Library of Lindenwood University, designed by LaBeaume & Klein in the Collegiate Gothic style and completed in 1929.
The Stifel Theatre, originally the Kiel Opera House, in St. Louis, designed by LaBeaume & Klein in the Beaux-Arts style and completed in 1934. The attached and complementary Kiel Auditorium was demolished in 1992.

Louis LaBeaume NA FAIA (July 31, 1873 – November 9, 1961) was an American architect in the Beaux-Arts tradition. He practiced in St. Louis from 1904 until his retirement c. 1956. For over thirty years, from 1912 until 1944, he worked in partnership with architect Eugene S. Klein FAIA (March 11, 1876 – November 20, 1945) in the firm of LaBeaume & Klein. They had a prolific practice centered on St. Louis and their exceptional work was the combined Kiel Opera House and Kiel Auditorium, completed in 1934 and partially extant.