Built from 1880 to 1884 on Olive Street Road just west of Ross Avenue, the Tappmeyer house stood on a 33-acre working farm that produced wheat, corn, alfalfa, and clover hay and also had mules, horses, cattles, pigs, chickens, a large orchard, and a vegetable garden. For more than 100 years, four generations of Tappmeyers lived in the house, which was an example of the ornate Victorian Italianate architecture popular at the time. Wagonloads of potatoes were driven to the City of St. Louis and returned with the lumber needed to build the house, and construction labor cost $260 plus room and board for the carpenter and his helper. In 2003, the house was moved to Millennium Park. Today, its first floor has period-appropriate furnishings, has been restored, and is open to the public for exhibits, tours, and functions, while Tappmeyer descendants still live in the area.