statue's future. The Columbus statue was removed from the park in June 2020. Around the bandstand there are white marble busts of some famous musical composers mounted on columns. Mozart and Rossini by Howard Kretschmar from 1882, Beethoven and Wagner by Ferdinand von Miller from 1884, and Gounod and Verdi by Carlo Nicoli from 1886. There is a smaller scale statue of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the German born military officer and American Revolution volunteer, near the Palm house. Steuben later became an American citizen and figure to German Americans. The original, larger statue (by the German sculptor Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch) was commissioned for the 1904 World's Fair. The current version was placed in Tower Grove Park in 1968. Two zinc statues of stags, en couchant and on pedestals, face each other across Center Cross Drive, just west of the Piper Palm House. Events Many events, from picnics to weddings, are held in the park throughout the year. During the summer, a number of large festivals are held in the park, including ones featuring themes such as international culture and paganism. The park has also been the site of various LGBTQ Pride festivals. Since 2005, from May through October, a farmers' market is held from 8-12:30 Saturday mornings just west of the Wading Pool Pavilion. It features local and organic farmers offering fresh produce and meats, baked goods and preserves, as well as prepared foods and drinks, teas and coffees, with stalls for craftsmen and artisans as well. Photos of pavilions See also Forest Park, the largest park in the city, located to the northwest, and site of the 1904 World's Fair Gazebo Lafayette Park, the first public park west of the Mississippi, in the old city to the northeast List of National Historic Landmarks in Missouri National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis south and west of downtown References Master Plan of Tower Grove Park, 1985 by Eldridge Lovelace External links Tower Grove Park, Official Website Missouri Botanical Garden, Official Website National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis Municipal parks in Missouri Parks in Missouri Arboreta in Missouri National Historic Landmarks in Missouri Parks in St. Louis Urban public parks Tourist attractions in St. Louis Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri 1889 establishments in Missouri