Beethoven_Conservatory
The Beethoven Conservatory is the name of both a music conservatory and a historic building associated with that school in St. Louis, Missouri. The music conservatory, named after the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, was established in 1871, and remained active as a school of higher education in music until it closed in 1936 during the Great Depression.[1] The historic building known as the Beethoven Conservatory was designed by architect John Ludwig Wees and is located at 2301 Locust St. It was built for the music school in 1891 and was the home of the Beethoven Conservatory until the school moved to new premises in 1905. In 1913 the building was purchased by the Otis Elevator Company. In 1989 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and at that point in time the building was in use by the Cordes Printing Company.[2]