Wayman Crow (March 7, 1808 – May 10, 1885) was one of the founders of Washington University, a St. Louis businessman, and a politician.

Hawkins retired when Crow was fifteen and he moved to an apprenticeship at another firm, Anderson and Atterbury.

[1] In 1853, while attending a legislative session in Jefferson City, Missouri, Crow drafted an act of incorporation for an institution of higher education that would eventually become Washington University in St. Louis.

Eliot had no knowledge of this plan and was surprised to be named one of the incorporators, along with Crow and fifteen members of their Unitarian congregation.

[1] Crow donated a substantial amount of money to the school for scholarships, a chair of physics, and more than two hundred thousand dollars worth of real estate.

[1] The building was dedicated as St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts and also called the Crow Memorial.

Wayman built a memorial in downtown St. Louis to honor his son when he died.

[1] Crow employed Boston architects Peabody and Stearns to design the three-story Renaissance/Romanesque building located at 19th and Lucas Place (now Locust Street).