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Conway House was built by Dr. Frederick Bates Jr. and Lavinia Meredith Bates and originally stood directly across Olive Blvd. from Faust Park. Frederick Bates Jr. was the youngest son of Frederick Bates, the second governor of the state of Missouri. After Frederick Bates Jr.'s death, his wife Lavinia married Samuel Conway. Frederick attended 1.5 years of medical school at St. Louis Medical College, now part of Washington University. The kitchen behind Conway House is the Warmbrodt kitchen, originally located in Mehlville and donated by Mrs. Mary Plant Faust.
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