Cora Liggett Fowler/Harrison I. Drummond House
Built: 1896
Style: Italian Renaissance
Neighborhood: Grand Center
City Block: 2289
On 1875 Compton and Dry Map: no
On 1883 Hopkins Atlas: no
Historical Originally, this mansion was built in 1896 for Cora Liggett Fowler, the daughter of John E. Liggett of Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company. It was sold to Harrison I. Drummond in 1897 for $45,000. Drummond was a tobacco baron in his own right, and was listed in 1898 as the president of the Drummond Tobacco Company. He lived on Vandeventer Place until 1907, and the mansion later became the home of prominent architect James P. Jamieson, known for his Gothic Revival architecture and the design of the new campus for Washington University, as well as numerous homes on Portland and Westmoreland Places.
Architectural significance: This house was built in the Italian Renaissance style, and was more similar to homes constructed in the Central West End than most of the earlier homes constructed in Vandeventer Place. It was one of the later homes built on the street. It featured a hipped roof and two round window bays which were two stories high.
35 Vandeventer Place during demolition in 1950
Harrison I. Drummond