George Fox Steedman

George Fox Steedman (January 5, 1871 – April 28, 1940) was an American industrialist and inventor. He was the president of Curtis Manufacturing Co., a foundry and machine shop. He built Casa del Herrero, a National Historic Landmark in California.

Early life Steedman was born on January 5, 1871, in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents were Medora "Dora" Harrison and Dr. Isaiah George Washington Steedman. While at Harvard, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon (aka The Dickey Club).

Career Steedman operated the Curtis Company with his two brothers.

Philanthropy In 1926, George Fox Steedman and his sister-in-law, Virginia Clark Weddell, endowed the James Harrison Steedman Traveling Fellowship in Architecture at Washington University with $30,000 in memory of his late brother.

Steedman donated a collection of 600 architectural and allied arts books to the St. Louis Public Library in 1928. He discovered the area earlier that year when visiting his brother James who was receiving treatment for diabetes at the Sansum Medical Clinic. In his retirement, he used the workshop for metalsmithing, silversmithing, and photography. Casa del Herreo listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark.