Cadillac Automobile Company Building

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Cadillac Automobile Company Building
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Location3224 Locust St., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates 38°38′12″N90°13′35″W / 38.63667°N 90.22639°W / 38.63667; -90.22639 (Cadillac Automobile Company Building) Coordinates: 38°38′12″N90°13′35″W / 38.63667°N 90.22639°W / 38.63667; -90.22639 (Cadillac Automobile Company Building)
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1919
Built byBalsh, William A.
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Second Egyptian Revival
MPS Auto-Related Resources of St. Louis, Missouri MPS
NRHP reference No. 05000812 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 2005

The Cadillac Automobile Company Building, at 3224 Locust St. in St. Louis, Missouri, was built in 1919. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

It was designed by Detroit, Michigan architect William A. Balsh. It is a four-story tile and concrete-framed building with basement, with curtain wall construction. It has a parapeted flat roof. It has "the symmetry, colossal portico and entablature that characterize Neoclassical commercial buildings, but its use of Second Egyptian Revival stylistic details, especially the stylized column capitals, draws attention to both of its monolithic street elevations." [2]

It was an auto distributorship building. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Karen Bode Baxter; Mandy K. Ford; Timothy P. Maloney (April 4, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cadillac Automobile Company Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 30, 2018. With 12 photos from 2005.