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Craftsmanship across St. Louis.

Historic landmarks. Public institutions. St. Louis homes. Nearly six decades of craftsmanship.

Featured projects

Trusted with landmarks.

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Historic Restoration

The Iconic & Historic St. Louis Gateway Arch

Dan Milbourn Construction was selected to carry out masonry work at the Gateway Arch for the National Park Service, replacing the broken granite pavers at the entrance and sealing the joints throughout the patio area. As a St. Louis born and grown company, we were honored to be chosen to help restore the setting of the city’s most famous landmark.

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Historic Preservation

The Historic Old Courthouse

Dan Milbourn Construction again teamed up with the National Park Service to repair one of St. Louis’ best-known historic landmarks. The Old Courthouse is on the Underground Railroad register and is known for its role in landmark civil rights cases. The scope of work was extensive: rebuilding the massive stone chimneys, repairing the granite retaining walls and iron fencing, painting, and installing a new wheelchair-accessible elevator so that everyone has the opportunity to experience this part of history.

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Facade Restoration

The Historic Post Office & Customs House

Dan Milbourn Construction was handpicked to bring back the grandeur of this architecturally striking, 140-year-old building in downtown St. Louis. The facade was thoroughly cleaned and sealed with water repellent, returning the limestone and marble to their original beauty and vibrance.

Before & after

The transformation is the story.

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The Scott Joplin House in ruin before restoration, with collapsed roof and floors and only the brick chimney stacks left standing amid overgrowth The restored Scott Joplin House brickwork after reconstruction, with the rebuilt walls and openings standing sound on a cleared site Before After

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Structural wall reconstruction

Historic Scott Joplin House

The State of Missouri acquired the property once owned by the ragtime composer Scott Joplin. The entire back wall of the historic building had fallen into ruin. Dan Milbourn Construction rebuilt the wall to historic preservation standards, restoring both the structure and the character of the building.

Masons laying concrete block for the flower boxes during construction, with excavated ground and stacked block across the site The completed masonry flower boxes finished and planted, bordering a curved concrete and asphalt walkway at the school entrance Before After

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New masonry flower boxes

St. Louis Public School District — Flower Boxes

The St. Louis Public School District needed masonry flower boxes built at the front entrance of one of their schools.

The school entrance with the old stairs demolished back to bare fill, timber formwork framing the opening ready for the new pour The rebuilt concrete entrance stairs finished and in service, flanked by new black steel handrails Before After

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Stair demolition, rebuild and handrails

St. Louis Public School District — Stair Reconstruction

The existing concrete stairs were crumbling and in need of repair. The team at DMC came in, demolished the stairs and rebuilt them, then added new steel handrails to complete the look and improve the facade.

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