Sutter-Meyer Society to Host May 7 Meeting

The Sutter-Meyer Society will host its annual meeting from 7-9 p.m. on Monday, May 7, at the at 737 Kingsland Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.            

The annual meeting is one of the Society’s largest events of the year and will feature a video program and a silent auction. The video — Bricks by Chance and Fortune — details the history of brick-making in St. Louis and was produced by St. Louis artist and designer Bill Streeter.

Items up for bid at the event’s silent auction will include a Harley-Davidson leather jacket and leather pants, Crown Staffordshire Bone China from England, a Vasse Vaught copper Metal Crafting bird house, water-color paintings and more.

Preserved and restored by the Sutter-Meyer Society — a non-profit organization that was started by a group of University City residents in 2006 — the is thought to be the oldest building in University City.

Historians believe that the home was built around 1873. In 2004, an archeological dig around the building uncovered a limestone-lined well, a large brick cistern and an assortment of dishware, crockery, toys and buttons.

For more information about the festival or private group tours, visit suttermeyer.org or contact the Sutter-Meyer Society at 314-727-1842.