#25: St. Louis Public Library

• The cake is located at its homebase, or the Central Library, on Olive St. near downtown.
• Library was founded in 1865 as a private/members only library.
• There are 17 St. Louis County Library branches (including this one).
• As of 2014, there are more than 4 million items in their possession.
• The current building, built in 1912, was designed by architect Cass Gilbert. Cass Avenue in St. Louis is named after him.
• Despite name similarities, it is not affiliated with the Saint Louis County Library system.

The cake, which uniquely focused on what can be found at the library: What do you want to learn today?

Low right side of the cake

Low back side of the cake

Left side of the cake

St. Louis Public Library on FB
St. Louis Public Library Wikipedia link
Official website

1301 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO, 63103
Cake artist: Andy Cross