Marquette Building (St. Louis)

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Boatmen's Bank Building
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Location300 North Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates 38°37′41″N90°11′19″W / 38.62806°N 90.18861°W / 38.62806; -90.18861 Coordinates: 38°37′41″N90°11′19″W / 38.62806°N 90.18861°W / 38.62806; -90.18861
Built1913
ArchitectWilliam S. Emas, Thomas C. Young, et al.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference # 98001265 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1998

The Marquette Building, also known as the Boatmen's Bank Building, is a historical building in downtown St. Louis.

It was completed in 1914 at Broadway and Olive Streets, at 19 stories, designed by the St. Louis architecture partnership of Eames and Young. A 1915 Annex, also designed by Eames and Young, was razed in 1998. The Marquette Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places the same year, and has now been redeveloped for condos.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.