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Name:  Bell Telephone Company Building
Address:  920 Olive
Year:  1889
Architectural Firm/Architect:  Shepley, Rutan, Coolidge
Standard Architectural Styles:  Romanesque Revival
Property Type Codes:  Commercial building, Central Business District masonry
Designation: City Landmark, National Register of Historic Places,
Ward:  7
Neighborhood:  35
History:
"The Bell Telephone Building [1889] is a seven story Richardsonian Romanesque commercial building constructed of red sandstone and brick, located at the southeast corner of Olive Street and Tenth Street in downtown St. Louis. The building’s primary elevations are organized with three-story arcades springing from ground-level storefronts. The fifth and sixth floors use progressively smaller windows. The addition of a seventh floor in 1919 was a major alteration. The addition alters the building´s appearance, but does not obscure the original design. The other major alteration was the addition of limestone sheathing to the first floor in 1940. As it exists today, the building retains the architects´ clarity of organization." [From the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places as prepared by Lynn Josse, research associate, April, 1999.]




People
Crowell, William DeForest
 Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge,


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S.G. Adams Building








Bell Telephone Company Building
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