1890s
In accordance with Shaw’s will, his Town House is moved to the Garden grounds.

Henry Shaw's Townhouse located at 7th & Locust just before removal in 1891 to the Missouri Botanical Garden at 2315 Tower Grove Avenue.

After Shaw’s death one provision of his will was that his town house, which had been located at Seventh and Locust in downtown St. Louis was to be dismantled and moved to the Botanical Garden. It was carefully torn down and each brick and plank was labeled so that the house could be reassembled on the grounds. The building, once it was rebuilt, was used on the grounds for administration purposes, and also for some of the scientific research facilities.