Sundial 396
- Dial City: St. Louis
- Dial State/Province: Missouri
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 38.913' N
- Dial Nr: 396
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 90° 18.331' W
- Dial Owner: Washington University
- Dial Designer:
- Dial Maker: Samuel Cupples, building architect
- Dial Date: 1908
- Location:
- Washington University Cupples I building, on Brookings Dr., between Millbrook Blvd and Forsyth Blvd. Hilltop Campus at the west end of Forest Park.
- Description:
- A vertical decliner at the top of the Cupples I building. Given by the class of 1908. Can be seen from the courtyard of Robert S. Brookings building. In 1908 the campus newspaper, the Washington University Student Life, commented that "The new sun dial on Cupples I is now being put into position upon the tablet on the south side of the building?It will be interesting to note the discrepancy between sun time and standard time by comparing with the Varsity clock [a large time piece situated high on the west wall of Brookings Hall, with both clock and dial visible in the quadrangle]." Today the Baumont Pavilion, erected in 1965, blocks a close view of the ornate tablet and dial. Use binoculars from a distance.
- Inscription:
- Inscribed "I am a shadow / So art thou;/ I mark time / Dost thou?" "Class of 1908"
- Other References:
- St. Louis Sundial Trail
- http://dls-website.com/hobbies/Sundials/StLouisSundialTrail_Site8.htm
Last Update:
2018-01-27 12:36