Babler Memorial State Park

In memory of cake.

Jacob and Henry Babler presented the state of Missouri with 88 acres of land in loving memory of their brother, Edmund, in 1934. Today the park is nearly 900 acres. Edmund Babler was a prominent St. Louis surgeon. Jacob was determined that the park he dedicated to his brother would grow and attract people for generations. Jacob wanted the Civilian Conservation Corps workers to develop the park. Today, twenty-two Civilian Conservation Corps structures at Babler State Park are now included in the National Register of Historic Places. Jacob also had a New York sculptor create a bronze life-size statue of his brother, Edmund.

Jacob Babler’s dream has created a state park that provides a valuable green-space oasis among an ever growing suburban St. Louis landscape.

Guest blogger - Diane

Cake artist - Kelly Harmon

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