Bellefontaine in Bloom Walking Tour
This 2 hour stroll through the cemetery will be led by one of our Volunteer Master Guides who will convey highlights of the cemetery grounds, horticulture and a variety of intriguing historic figures who call Bellefontaine their last address. Particular attention will be paid to the Horticulture side of the…...
African American History at Bellefontaine Cemetery
Join us at Hotchkiss Chapel for a one hour presentation focused on the history of African Americans interred at Bellefontiane. We'll discuss historic figures such as Rev. John Richard Anderson and John Berry Meachum as well as how Free People of Color and Slaves alike came to rest at Bellefontaine.…...
Fox Trot 5K Run/Walk
Founded in 1849, Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum has been the final resting place for many of St. Louis’s notable figures including William Clark, Adolphus Busch, and the Lemp Family. Celebrated architecture such as the Wainwright Mausoleum, Hotchkiss Chapel, and the ‘Girl in the Glass Box’ can also be found on…...
Tom’s Sculpture Walking Tour
The tour will gather at Willow Gate House to organize, then caravan through the cemetery to park at Bellefontaine's Wild Wood Valley Gardens. Tom’s focus during this 2-hour walking tour, will be on the unique sculptures and mysterious messages found in the iconography of Bellefontaine Cemetery’s historic markers and monuments. Space…...