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Name:  Gay Building
Address:  121 N. Second Street
Year:  1859
Date of Demolition:  Unknown
 Architectural Firm/Architect:  Thomas Walsh
Standard Architectural Styles:  Italianate
Property Type Codes:  Commercial building, Central Business District masonry
Ward:  7
Neighborhood:  35
History:
The Gay Building, designed by Thomas Walsh, was a four-story commercial building set on a raised basement. Its Tuscan Italianate style was a common choice for riverfront commercial buildings in the 1850s. The three front entrances had decorative door hoods and were flanked by quoins, with a balustrade running between the entries. The upper stories of the front facade bore windows with decorative surrounds, with the center window on the second and third stories being more pronounced. The windows on the secondary facade had pedimented window hoods. The building had quoins at its corners and terminated in a heavy bracketed cornice. [Lowic 84, 87-88].




People
Annan, Thomas B.
 Lee and Annan,


Reference
Architectural Heritage of St. Louis, 1803-1891

 

 

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