George Francis Hellmuth (1907–1999) was an American architect based in

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. Hellmuth was a native of St. Louis and son of architect George W. Hellmuth. He graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1929 and a master's degree in 1930. He began his career as an architect of the city of St. Louis in 1932, designing civic structures including police stations and bus shelters. He went into private practice in 1949, founding Hellmuth, Yamasaki and Leinweber. In 1954, that firm was succeeded by

Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum HOK Group, Inc., formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, is an American design, architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm. Founded in 1955, it is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. History Founding HOK was established ...

which became the modern firm HOK, which was, in 2018, the largest U.S.-based architecture-engineering firm. Its president is Bill Hellmuth, a nephew.

Works

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Works include (with individual or shared attribution): *Numerous police stations and bus shelters, when working as a city architect for St. Louis. * Boatmen´s Tower *

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terminal *

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-style apartment towers (1959–61) in Plaza Square Apartments Historic District, St. Louis, Missouri (Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum), NRHP-listed * Metropolitan Square (1989) (attributed to Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum) * Living World at the St. Louis Zoo (1989) * Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse (2000) * Southwestern Bell Telephone Building (attributed to Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum) *

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(1985 rehabilitation) * American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company Building, aka American Zinc Building, 20 S. Fourth St., St. Louis, Missouri (Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum), NRHP-listed

References

Architects from St. Louis American company founders Washington University in St. Louis alumni 1907 births 1999 deaths {{US-architect-20C-stub