PRESERVING WHAT’S WRIGHT

Sunday, September 7, 2025
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Priory Chapel at St. Louis Abbey

    Experience the iconic Priory Chapel.
    Enjoy drinks and appetizers in the
    adjoining St. Louis Abbey Monastery.

    Remarks from Abbot Gregory Mohrman
    and music by Organist, Clark Davis, FAIA.

    Individual Tickets $150

    Use form Below to purchase tickets or make a donation.

    Priory Chapel is located at 500 South Mason Road, Creve Coeur, MO 63141. Please RSVP by August 23, 2025.

    Sponsor & patron information here

    PRESENTING SPONSORS

    CLARE DAVIS & DAVID OBEDIN

    Preserving What’s Wright 2024 Event Committee

    Event Co-Chairs:
    Karen & Martin Lammert
    Jenny & Kent Rapp
    Kathy Curotto, Clare Davis, Tom Peterson, Sue Pruchnicki, Eric Thoelke, Mary Dale Walters, Ted Wight

     

    Preserving What’s Wright supports the preservation and programs of the Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park. Educational programs include public tours for 4000+ visitors a year, free student field trips, paid internship programs, community lectures, exhibits, and more.

    THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS & PATRONS

    PARALLELOGRAM

    Bower Leet Design
    Margaret McGrath & Patrick Terrio
    Renaissance Financial

    HEXAGON

    Carol Darnall
    Sarah Duffy
    Liz & Mike Gibbons
    Harrison LLP
    HOK
    Mackey Mitchell Architects
    Jenny and Kent Rapp/JCR Design

    TRIANGLE

    AA Harvey Foundation/Chris and Debbie Smith
    Commerce Bank
    Kathy and Frank Curotto
    Kay and Larry Dusenbery
    Flooring Systems Inc
    Joanne and Bill Fogarty
    Elisabeth Ottolini & Wes Fordyce
    Agnes & Dave Garino
    Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason
    Karen and Martin Lammert
    Jim Mann
    Noemi Neidorff
    Aaron and Nancy Novack
    Patterhn Ives
    Sue Pruchnicki & Tom Peterson
    Mary and Eric Thoelke
    Sissy and Ted Thomas
    Pam and Greg Trapp
    Mary Dale Walters
    W. Grant Williams, III
    Winco Window

    TO PURCHASE TICKETS AND MAKE DONATIONS:

    • Enter the number of tickets and donation amount along with your contact information
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    Thank you for supporting the preservation and programs of the FLWHEP!

    QUESTIONS: contact Kathryn Feldt, Executive Director, at kfeldt@ebsworthpark.org

    Priory Chapel (The Abbey Church) was designed by Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (HOK), and was consecrated in 1962. The Abbey Church was an important landmark and name-making project for HOK, now among the world’s largest architectural practices. The church’s circular facade consists of three tiers of whitewashed, thin-poured concrete parabolic arches, the top tier forming a bell-tower; the arches appear to float upwards from their grassy base. They are faced with dark, insulated fiberglass-polyester window-walls, which create a meditative translucency when viewed from within.

    Gyo Obata (1923 – 2022) co-founded the global architectural firm HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum).  In addition to Priory Chapel, notable buildings, include the McDonnell Planetarium and GROW Pavilion at the Saint Louis Science Center, the Independence Temple of the Community of Christ church, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.