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Name:  A and P Food Stores Building
Address:  6016 Delmar Also 6014 and 6018 Delmar
Year:  1940
Architectural Firm/Architect:  Saum Architects
Standard Architectural Styles:  Art Deco
Front facade:  Brick, common bond
Property Type Codes:  Market, public
Designation: National Register of Historic Places
History:
"Built in 1940, the A & P Food Stores Building at 6016 Delmar is significant under Criterion C as a rare example of a small commercial building with an Art Deco design. It also represents the work of a prolific, early twentieth century St. Louis architectural firm, Saum Architects. The importance of the A & P Food Stores is compounded as one of the earliest supermarkets in the city. The concept of the supermarket, combining dry goods, produce and meat into one retail business with ample parking, was designed to replace the smaller neighborhood groceries. The A & P Food Stores Building at 6016 Delmar Blvd was one of the oldest extant A & P supermarket buildings in St. Louis. The company left the city in 1979-1980." [From the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places as prepared by Karen Bode Baxter, architectural historian and Timothy P. Maloney, research associate, July 10, 2000.]


 

 

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