#127: SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

Not to be confused with St. Louis Children's Hospital.
About SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center:

• Named after the Archbishop of St. Louis, John Cardinal Glennon (served from 1903 to 1946)
• Opened in May 1956 and is a member of SSM Health Care.
• In 2002, became the first hospital in the country to win the Malcolm Balridge National Quality Award.
• It is also home to the St. Louis Poison Center, the St. Louis Cord Blood Bank and numerous pediatric programs.
• Cardinal Glennon has been partnered with FabickCAT (the cake's sponsor) for many years. FabickCAT was founded by John Fabick in 1917 and has been a tractor company since that time.

Main entrance

The sign at the side of the intersection

Right side of the cake

Back side of the cake

Left side of the cake

Wikipedia link
Official website

1465 South Grand, ST. LOUIS, MO, 63104
Cake artist: Rich Brooks
Cake sponsored by FabickCAT.

#122: St. Anthony's Medical Center

 *PUBLIC VOTE WINNER*

• Has been in business, 'serving Christ' (as its Facebook page explains) for more than 130 years.
• Named after St. Anthony of Padua.
• Was named a Top 100 Hospital in 2005 (no publication, source or ranking was given, as this was an event on their Facebook timeline)

Statue of whom? St. Anthony himself?

The front entrance

St. Anthony's Medical Center on FB
Wikipedia link
Official website

10010 Kennerly Rd., ST. LOUIS, MO, 63128
Cake artist: Megan Rieke

#105: Payne Gentry House

• Missouri's only historic-registered 19th century house that has a doctor's office inside.
• Built in 1870, William Payne started his doctor's office in 1880.
• Located next to the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex.
• The house still contains items that were in the possession of the family that lived there (Mary Elizabeth and her daughter).
• It is noted by paranormal groups that it is one of the most haunted places in North County.

The sign

I didn't know what this was about, but I assumed this was for house visitors and/or cake-hunters. I signed it anyway!

Front part of the house (and cake)

As the only cake located in Bridgeton (to date), here are some facts about Bridgeton:

• Bridgeton was founded in 1794. 
• In 1950, Bridgeton's population was 250. Today in 2014, that number is now over 11,000. 
• Parts of the Lambert St. Louis Airport are in the city limits.
• Fee Fee Cemetary, founded in 1814, has markings of soldiers from every war (includes Revolutionary)
• Other historical buildings in Bridgeton include the Fee Fee Baptist Church (1807) and the Mizpah Presbyterian (1842).

Here's some more shots of the cake, as beautifully done by Genevieve Esson:

Top of the cake

Back side of the cake

Payne-Gentry House on Bridgeton, MO's city website
National Historic Places nomination form (PDF file)

4211 Fee Fee Road, BRIDGETON, MO, 63044
Cake artist: Genevieve Esson

#54: Washington University School of Medicine

Wikipedia link
Official website

520 South Euclid Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO, 63110
Cake artist: April Morrison

#53: St. Louis College of Pharmacy

 *PUBLIC VOTE WINNER*

One of three cakes all located very close to each other, and all of them medical-related places just off of Grand, lies the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. STLCOP just happens to be 3/5s as old as St. Louis; in other words, celebrating their 150th anniversary in 2014 (as referenced on the cake). That makes it the oldest pharmacy school west of the Mississippi River.

• Campus size is 8 acres.
• Enrollment is from 700-800 a year (723 enrolled for the 2014-15 year).
• The campus is currently undergoing renovation, with a future six-story, 213,000 square foot building, which will be used for academics and research. It will include large and small classrooms, a welcome center and a library that will triple the size of the current one.
• US News and World Report ranks the college among the top four pharmacy schools in the country.
• First graduating class was in 1868.
• It moved to its current location in 1884.
• The 'Eutectic' is the mascot, and at one time was known as the 'Most Esoteric Mascot' by ESPN.
• It is generally a 6-year program, but will expand to 7.

St. Louis College of Pharmacy on FB
Wikipedia link
Official website

4588 Parkview Pl., ST. LOUIS, MO, 63110
Cake artist: Andy Cross

#52: St. Louis Children's Hospital

• The first children's hospital west of the Mississippi River, built in 1879
• It is also the 7th oldest of its kind in the United States
• It has 258 licensed beds, 3000 employees, 700 staff members and numerous volunteers
• Like most hospitals, the Children's Hospital does many services of different kinds, including lung transplant and epilepsy.
• The hospital has been ranked among one of the Top 10 hospitals in Child magazine several times

A view of the high-rise from Forest Park

One of the coolest indoor bridges of St. Louis

The cake, which has a lot of cool pictures for children on it, as decorated by multi-cake artist April Morrison:

Left side of the cake

Back side of the cake

Right side of the cake

St. Louis Children's Hospital on FB
Wikipedia link
Official website

1 Childrens Place, ST. LOUIS, MO, 63110
Cake artist: April Morrison