Francis D. Lee, Annans partner
Major Francis D. Lee was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1826, and graduated from the
Charleston College where he studied architecture and engineering. He worked as an architect there
until the outbreak of the Civil War. During the war, he served on General P.T. Beauregardīs staff
and invented the torpedo boat. He moved to St. Louis in 1866 and formed a partnership with Thomas
Annan. Lee was involved with the following St. Louis structures: Merchantīs Exchange building;
Chamber of Commerce on Third St.; Third National Bank on Olive St.; Col. Charles L. Huntīs building
on Fourth Bldg.; Hoyle building at Fourth & Elm Sts John L. Furgusonīs building at Fifth & Pine
Sts; Bradford & Martinīs building (1875) on Washington Ave; and Wetzelīs building on Main. Lee
is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Source: Mound City on the Mississippi: A Saint Louis History
