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B#
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NAME
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ADDRESS
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LOCATION
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Notes
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B1
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Globe -
Democrat
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710 North
Tucker
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Tucker
between Delmar and Lucas
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Built:
1931
Architect: ?
166 ft. 7 floors
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B2
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TG
Station (?)
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711 N.
11th
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11th
& Lucas
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Built:
1875 Façade 1904
Architect: ?
? ft. ? Floors
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B3
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Hadley
Square
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701 N.
11th / 1101 Lucas
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11th
& Lucas
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Built:
1903
Architect: Isaac S. Taylor
100 ft. 7 floors
Former home of the Hadley Dean Glass Co.
A building whose powerful structure had to carry hundreds of tons of stored
glass.
The 1930 foyer decoration has Egyptian motifs etched in Vitrolite, a colored
reflective glass. The building´s best features are its brick cornice and its
overall restrain. There do not appear to be any outside modifications.
Inside, the lobby has been modified and remains the most important feature of
the building. The lobby is done in Egyptian style with glazed vitrious tile.
An Egyptian chandelier by Tiffany is also in the lobby. The lobby was an
addition about 1928.
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B4
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Days Inn
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1133
Washington
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Washington
& Tucker
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Built: ?
Architect: ?
? ft. ? Floors
Now closed, proposed apartments pending
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B5
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A.D.
Brown Building
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1136
Washington Avenue
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Washington
& Tucker
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Built:
1897
Architect: Roach & Roach
132 ft. 9
floors
- This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in
1980.
- The A.D. Brown Building will undergo conversion from office to owner-occupied
condominiums beginning in early 2005.
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B6
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Levis-Zukowski
Mercantile
Company Building
Lucas Lofts
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1113-1127
Washington Avenue
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Washington
between 11th & Tucker
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(Cheerful
house building)
(Levis-Zukowski Mercantile Company Building) Built:
1896
Architect: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
7 floors
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B7
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Taylor
Building
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1130
Washington
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Washington
between 11th & Tucker
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Built:
1901
Architect: I. Taylor
? ft. ? floors
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B8
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1122
Washington
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Washington
between 11th & Tucker
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Built:
1909
Architect: Muran & Russell
? ft. ? Floors
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B9
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Vanguard
Building
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1110
Washington Ave
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Washington
between 11th & Tucker
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Built:
1901
Architect: I. Taylor
116 ft. 8 floors
- Landmark Capital LLC transformed the building into 82 loft style apartments
in 2004. Retail space is available on the first and second floors.
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B10
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Lucas
Building?
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614 N.
11th
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11th
& Lucas
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Built:
1905
Architect: ?
? ft. ? Floors
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B11
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Bee Hat
Building
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1021
Washington Avenue
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Washington
& 11th
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Built:
1899
Architect:
Isaac S. Taylor
107 ft. 7 floors
Designation: City Landmark, Eligible for National Register of Historic
Places,
A hat company (possibly the Gauss Langenberg Hat Co.) operated there for some
time before the Bee Hat Company moved into the building. Four brothers began
the Bee Hat wholesaling and distributing company in 1926 and their business
remained on Washington Avenue from October 1944 until the beginning of 2000.
- There are plans to redevelop the building into 36 one-bedroom and
two-bedroom apartments from the second through seventh floors. A restaurant
and a boutique retail store will be located on the first floor.
- Eleven terra cotta lion heads, which were attached to the buildings gutters
to drain water to the street, will be connected to the building's steam lines
and each lion will roar every half-hour or so.
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B12
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Lindell
Real Estate Company Building
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1015
Washington Avenue
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Washington
between 10th & 11th
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(Washington
Building)
Built:
1901
Architect: Mauran, Russell & Garden
7 floors One of the first St. Louis
buildings to have its front facade entirely clad in terra cotta.
"The building is of the modern, slow burning construction. It rises to a
height of seven stories and is divided into two stores by a 40-foot court in
the center, which is reached by a drive from Lucas Avenue. The seven-story
mercantile building at 1015 Washington Avenue is significant not only as a
fine example of turn of the century commercial architecture but also as an
exemplar of the local crafts and trades which helped propel St. Louis´ late
nineteenth century growth into a major metropolis."
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B13
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Dorsa
Lofts
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1009
Washington Avenue
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Washington
between 10th & 11th
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Built:
1899
Architect: Eames & Young -
façade
1946 M. Loomstein
? ft. ? Floors
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B14
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Curlee
Building
Pyramid lofts
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1001 Washington
Ave.
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Washington
& 10th
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Built:
1899
Architect: I. Taylor
? ft. ? Floors
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B15
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Merchandise
Mart Lofts
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1000
Washington Ave
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Washington
between 10th & 11th
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(Rice -
Stix Building) (Liggett
and Myers (Rice-Stix) Building) (Liggett & Myers
Tobacco Co. Building)
Built: 1888
Architect: Isaac S. Taylor
150 ft. 7 floors
Originally built for local tobacco magnates Liggett & Myers the building
was taken over by Rice - Styx in 1907
One of the greatest treasures of the Washington Avenue garment district is
this, the Merchandise Mart. Hewn from massive rusticated blocks of granite at
street level, with terra cotta details far above, this building holds a truly
commanding position on the street, filling an entire city block.
The great old warehouse has been unused for many years; however, renovation
began in the summer of 2001 and is now mostly finished. The building has been
converted into 213 apartments, which began opening at the end of 2002
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B16
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Lammert
Building
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911
Washington Ave
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Washington
between 9th & 10th
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(Hargadine-McKittrick
Dry Goods Building) Built:
1898
Architect: Eames & Young -
Remodel: Mackey and Assoc. 1985
Former furniture store, home to Webster University and the STL chapter of
AIA "The Lammert Furniture
Company Building at 911 Washington Avenue is significant as an unusually fine
example of Renaissance Revival commercial architecture featuring carved stone
figural sculpture. The building was one of the earliest investment triumphs
of Realtor Festus J. Wade, alter founder of Missouri´s largest financial
institutions--the Mercantile Trust Company. Two of St. Louis´ important
pioneer wholesale and retail firms were long-term lessees:
Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods from 1898 to 1915 and Lammert Furniture
Company from 1924 through 1981."
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B17
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Mallinckrodt
Building Bankers Lofts
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901
Washington Ave.
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Washington
& 9th
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Built:
1892
Architect: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
7 floors
Bank of St. Louis building
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B18
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Renaissance
Grand Ball Room
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900
Washington
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Washington
between 9th & 10th
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Built: ?
Architect: ?
? ft. ? Floors
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B19
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Renaissance
St. Louis Suites Hotel
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827
Washington Avenue
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Washington
& 9th
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*Was
Lennox Hotel*
Built: 1925
Architect: Preston J. Bradshaw
268ft. 24 floors
This tall, thin tower stood empty for many years, but as of July 2002 has been
re-opened as the Renaissance Hotel, part of the complex that also includes
the Gateway's renovation.
The Lennox Hotel was renovated by the HRI Group and became an all-suite
property in 2001-2002.
- This was the tallest building in St. Louis for one year, until completion
of the Southwestern Bell Building in 1926.
- It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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B20
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America's
Center
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701
Convention Plaza
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Washington
between 7th & 9th
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Built:
1977
Architect: Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
The building was known as the St. Louis Gateway Convention and Exhibition
Center and the Cervantes Convention Center before being christened the
America's Center in 1993.
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B21
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Renaissance
Grand hotel
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800
Washington
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Washington
between 8th & 9th
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Built:
1917
Architect: George C. Post
256 ft.
The Statler chain had been gone for ten years in 1966, when the building was
renamed the Gateway Hotel. It limped along for two decades, closed for
renovations in 1987, and never reopened. With the opening of the Convention
Center right across the street, and developers clambering for more hotel room
space, the Gateway seemed a blatantly obvious choice for renovation. Yet it
sat vacant for years, subject to decay and several fires... until now. This
was the first air-conditioned hotel in the United States.
- The Renaissance Grand Hotel consists of the original Statler Hotel tower and
a 23-floor addition, which was constructed in 2001-2002. The HRI Group
developed the property, which opened in February 2003.
- The new tower addition stands on the site formerly occupied by the Lindell
Building.
- It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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B22
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One US
Bank Plaza
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505 North
7th street
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Washington
& 7th
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Built:
1976
Architect: Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates
484 ft. 35 floors
This was the tallest building in St. Louis until completion of One Bell
Center in 1986.
- The plaza and fountain just to the south were built in the late 1990s on
the site of the demolished Ambassador Building.
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B23
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St. Louis
Center
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515 N.
6th street
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6th &
7th between Washington & Locust
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Built:
1985
Architect: RTKL Associates Inc.
Covered mall joining Famous Barr and the now closed Dillard's
4 Floors
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B24
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Sticks
Baer & Fuller Dillards
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601
Washington Av
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Washington
between 6th & 7th
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Built in
1905 and 1921
Architect: Mauran, Russell & Garden
These two similarly-clad buildings were originally home to Sticks Baer &
Fuller. Dillard's department store
closed here in 2002.
A proposal to renovate this vacant building into a mix of renter-occupied
housing units and hotel rooms was announced in early 2004.
- This building last operated as a Dillard's Department Store.
- The building is connected by skyway over Washington Avenue to One City
Center, just to the south.
- It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
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B25
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One City
Center
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515 North
6th Street
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6th
between Locust & Washington
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Built:1986
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
375ft. 25 floors
The building is connected by multiple skyways over Locust Street to the
Famous-Barr Department Store in the Railway Exchange Building, just to the
south.
- The building and shopping arcade is connected by skyway over Washington
Avenue to the Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Company Building, just to the
north.
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B26
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One
Financial Plaza
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501 North
Broadway
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Boroadway
& Washington
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Built:
1985
Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
12 Floors
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B27
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555
Building
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555
Washington Ave.
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Washington
& 6th
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Built:
1898
Architect: Lee,Annan, Miller, Hatch,
Redeveloped: 1987
Kimble A. Cohn
The Old May Company Department Store is actually a complex of several
structures, beginning with the Bradford-Martin Building.
The complex of buildings on Washington and Lucas Avenues now commonly known
as "The Dollar Store" was built in stages between circa 1875 and
1905. In spite of years of neglect, the complex--first joined under one roof
by the May Company in 1905--is of preeminent architectural significance as
the only remaining Commercial Palace from the years of St. Louis´ most
dramatic growth. Although the basic building material in the complex is
brick, the elevations on Washington Avenue are Bedford stone (painted) and
cast iron. Stories range from five to seven but the overall height of the
complex is approximately 80 feet throughout. The monumental entrance bay from
1898 enhanced the Washington Avenue façade; the first story store-front
modifications are non-contributing.
It was built in 1875 by Francis D. Lee and Thomas B. Annan for Bradford Bros.
and Lindsley & Orr, and was occupied by D. Crawford & Co. from around
1897 to 1903, when Crawford was bought out by the May Company.
On its east side stood the 1876 Finney Building . In 1898, they were combined
into a new mercantile "palace" by St. Louis architects Weber and
Groves who also added the monumental glass-domed entrance.
David May of the May Company, owner of the largest retail company in the
U.S., purchased the building in 1904 and enlarged it by incorporating the
Meyer-Bannerman building (1888) behind it and adding an addition. After the
May Company moved to the Railway Exchange building in 1913, the building was
subdivided
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B28
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Meyer-Bannerman
building
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618 N.
6th street
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6th and
Lucas
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Built:
1888
Architect: J. E. McElpatric
? ft. ? Floors
Part of the 555 Washington complex now. Include 512 Lucas (behind building) Built: 1905 Architect: W. Levy
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B29
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Union
Market
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711 North
Broadway
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Broadway
& Lucas
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Built:
1925
Architect: Mauran, Russell & Crowell
Market site since 1866
A model of cleanliness and progressive functional design boasting indoor
parking for 700 cars, Union Market, reported to be the 2nd largest of its
kind in the world, proved to be a commercial blunder.
A portion of the market was converted to a bus terminal in the 1930's. In
1990, a 2 story addition was added for a Drury Inn.
The bus terminal portion was demolished when the TWA Dome was built for the
Rams next door.
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B30
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Employment
Security Bldg. State of Mo.
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505
Washington
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Washington
& Broadway
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Built: ?
Architect: ?
? ft. ? Floors
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B31
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500
Broadway
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500
Broadway
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Broadway
& Washington
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Built:
1970
Architect:Smith-Entzeroth, Inc
282 ft. 22 floors
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B32
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Missouri
Athletic Club
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405
Washington Ave
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Washington
& 4th
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Built:
1916
Architect: William B. Ittner w/ George Brueggeman
126 ft. 10 floors
A mid-career work by the same architect who designed dozens of St. Louis
school buildings.
This building replaced an older Missouri Athletic Club, which burned with
serious loss of life in 1913. Boatmen´s Bank was also in the building.
The building has not had apparent modifications other than additions in 1927
and 1950. The building has round arched bays on the ground floor, a deep
overhanging cornice and brackets, and Lozenge windows with tile. The lower
two floors are in stone, and the middle three are in running brick. On the
upper four floors, the brick is in a diamond pattern.
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B33
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WS Hotel
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400
Washington
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Washington
& 4th
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(J.
Kennard and Sons Carpet Company building) (Edison Brothers
Stores Company Building)
Built: 1901
Architect: Isaac Taylor
111 ft. 7 floors
Restored: 2001 by Grewe architectural.
The main exterior materials are light brown brick and cream terra
cotta, arranged on the primary facades following an Italian Renaissance
configuration.
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B34
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Hampton
Inn St. Louis Downtown
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333
Washington Avenue
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Washington
& 4th
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Built:
1963
Architect: Hausner & Macsai [Campbell & Macsai]
138 ft 16 floors
- The 2003 renovation resulted in the enclosure of the building's balconies
and the addition of arched windows at the base and top of the building The
metal and concrete facade was replaced by a limestone and stucco-like facade
to help it blend in with historical architecture downtown
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B35
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Gentry
Office Building
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440 N.
4th street
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Washington
& 4th
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Built:
1965
Architect: Schwarz & Van Hoefen
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B36
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Gentry's
Landing
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400 N.
4th street
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4th &
St. Charles
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Part of
the Mansion house project.
Built:1965
Architect: Schwarz & Van Hoefen
287ft 28 floors
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B37
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Mansion
House Office Building
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330 N.
4th street
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4th &
St. Charles
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Built:
1965
Architect: Schwarz & Van Hoefen
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B38
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Federal
Reserve Security Garage
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410 N.
4th street
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4th &
St. Charles
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Built: ?
Architect: ?
? ft. ? Floors
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B39
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410/416
N. Broadway
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Broadway
& St. Charles
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Built:
unknown
Architect: unknown
Status: Being used by the Federal Reserve?
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B40
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Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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409 N.
4th street
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4th &
Locust
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Built:
1923
Architect: Mauran, Russell & Crowe
142 ft 10 floors
- The building rises to 10 floors in a rear section difficult to see from
surrounding streets. Fire Insurance Maps indicate the visible 6th floor roof
is 93 feet above street level.
- The Mechanics American Bank Building formerly stood on the west end of this
site.
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B41
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Mansion
House
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300 N.
4th street
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4th &
Locust
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Built:1965
Architect: Schwarz & Van Hoefen
287ft 28
floors
The developer for the building was St. Louis' Teamsters Local 688.
- The original name Chadis House came from the initials of the project motto,
"Comfort, Health, Activity, Dignity, Independence, and
Security".
- This apartment building is the middle of three towers in the Mansion House
Project.
- The Mansion House Apartments replaced the demolished Landreth
Building.
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B42
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The
Security Building
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319 North
4th Street
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4th &
Locust
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Built:
1891
Architect: Peabody, Stearns, and Furber
150 ft. 11 floors
Status: Currently being restored
- The Security Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2000. The building was home to the
Noonday Club, an organization of St. Louis businessmen, for many years. The
lower two floors are of pink granite with pink limetsone and brick above. A
prefab cast iron dome sits above the lobby and art glass tops the
entranceway.
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B43
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Mercantile
Library building
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510
Locust
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Locust
& Broadway
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Built:
1889
Architect: Henry Issacs Status:
vacant; undergoing renovation.
The Mercantile Library was the oldest circulating library still in existence
west of the Mississippi River. The original building, built in 1852, stood
within the shell of what is presently seen. The building was built in 1889
and remodeled in 1952.
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B44
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Paradowski
Graphic Design
|
303 N.
Broadway
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Broadway
between Olive & Locust
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Built:
unknown
Architect: unknown
Status: extant and in use
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B45
|
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??? 6th
street
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6th
between Olive & Locust
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Built:
unknown
Architect: unknown
Status:
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B46
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The
Railway Exchange Building Famous-Barr
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601 Olive
street
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Olive
between 6th & 7th
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Built:
1914
Architect: Mauran, Russell & Crowell
277 ft. 21 floors
Status: Still in use as office
space and the Famous-Barr store.
It is perhaps the most lavishly ornamented building in the entire city. Built
as the Railway Exchange, it is now named for Famous-Barr, its principal
occupant.
The building is now connected to the St. Louis Center mall, which has
unfortunately suffered severely declining business in the last few years.
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B47
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Republic
National Bank Building
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714
Locust
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Locust
between 7th & 8th
|
Built:
1917
Architect: Tom P. Barnett
Status:
Occupied by the law firm Lashly & Baer
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B48
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Columbia
Building
|
318 North
8th street
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8th &
Locust
|
Built:
circa 1895/1904?
Architect: Issac Taylor
Status: Top seven stories demolished, 1977
The Columbia Building was originally a 9-story building in a Romanesque
style. Little remains of it today; even the dentals along the cornice are
merely painted on. This postcard view shows the building as it originally
stood, along with the neighboring L&N Building and the Chemical Building.
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B49
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United
Missouri Bank
|
312-316
North 8th street
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8th
between Olive & Locust
|
(originally
L&N Railroad)
(Phipps - Wallace store
Building)
(Security National Bank)
Built: 1888
Architect: Issac Taylor
Status:
remodeled 1925 by Klipstein
and Rathmann.
Recently renovated into loft apartments.
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B50
|
Mercantile
Trust US Bank
|
721
Locust
|
Locust
& 8th
|
Built:
1904 w/ later additions
Architect: Issac Taylor
Status: Still in use by Mercantile Bank's successor Firstar /US Bank
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B51
|
The
Mayfair Hotel
|
806 Saint
Charles Street
|
8th &
St. Charles
|
Built:
1925
Architect: Preston Bradshaw
189 ft. 18 floors
Status: Excellently renovated and still in use as a hotel.
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B52
|
The
Orpheum Theater
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416 North
9th street
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9th &
St. Charles
|
Built:
1917
Architect: C. Albert Lansburgh
Status: still in use for concerts.
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B53
|
The Old
Post Office
|
800-900
Olive St
|
Olive
between 8th & 9th
|
The Old Post Office
Built: 1873-1884
Architect: Alfred B. Mullet
The Old Post Office is among the City´s and the nation´s architectural
masterpieces. It and Mullett´s Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.
are probably the best examples of the Second Empire building style ever
constructed in the United States.
In the years following the Civil War, the federal government´s headquarters
building in St. Louis was the Old Custom House at Third and Olive Streets. It
had become inadequate for its many uses. Erection of a larger replacement was
authorized by Congress in 1869 and plans were prepared by government
architect Alfred B. Mullett. The proposed location was criticized as being
too far west from the business district of that time.
Excavation began in 1873 but a number of construction problems were
encountered, including quick sand. Actual construction, therefore, did not
begin until 1873. A prime reason for the site selection was its situation
along the tunnel from Eads Bridge to the Union Depot. Access to the tunnel
from the post office for direct dispatch of mail did not prove feasible
because of seepage of smoke from the trains into the building, and the entry
portal had to be sealed.
Construction proceeded slowly because of the great care required to make the
structure completely fireproof and secure. It was built like a fortress with
a 28-foot deep moat around the building and sliding iron shutters on its
windows. These precautions were taken because of the presence of a
subtreasury branch and as a guard against possible mob violence, a reminder
from the recent Civil War.
No expense was spared on either the ornamental exterior or lavish interior of
the great structure, which was finally completed in 1884 after 10 years of
construction. Its cost of nearly $6 million made it the City´s most expensive
building for some years to come.
In later years, various federal functions were relocated elsewhere, beginning
with removal of the main post office to 18th and Clark in 1912. Two years
later, the Weather Bureau vacated its roost in the cupola atop the Mansard
dome for a perch on the roof of the Railway Exchange Building. Most of the
federal courts and offices remained in the Old Post Office until 1935, when
the new government building at 12th and Market was occupied.
The old structure has been vacant since 1975, when a postal branch was
relocated across the street. For many years the old building was the object
of much speculation regarding its fate, after a government announcement of
possible demolition in 1964. This brought a concerted effort by
preservationists to save it, with various proposals for its reuse. Its
condition led to the passage of a bill by Congress authorizing private use of
unused federal buildings.
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B54
|
Board of
Education Building
|
905
Locust
|
9th &
Locust
|
Built:
1891-1893
Architect: Issac S. Taylor
117
ft. 7 floors
Status: vacant and for sale since the
Board moved out in 2000.
Originally built as the city's public library, till the present building
further west was constructed in the 1910s. The Board of Education departed
for financial reasons, citing the cost of installing modern elevators (the
current ones still require an operator!) and central air conditioning --
after having the windows and portions of the facade cleaned and painted only
three months earlier.
The building went up for sale around 2000. After a few vacant years, it is
currently (early 2005) being renovated as condominiums.
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B55
|
|
913
Locust Street
|
Locust
between 9th & 10th
|
Built:
unknown
Architect: unknown
Status: still in use.
older structure with a 1950s rehab on the front? Interesting clock.
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B56
|
St. Louis
Design Center
|
917
Locust
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