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Name:  Frisco Building
Address:  906 Olive Street
Year:  1903
Architectural Firm/Architect:  Eames and Young
Front facade:  Terra Cotta
Property Type Codes:  Commercial building, business district
Designation: National Register of Historic Places
History:
"The Frisco Building is a thirteen story office building constructed in 1903-04 on the southwest corner of Ninth and Olive streets in Downtown St. Louis. It was designed by architects Eames and Young as general headquarters for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company. A six bay addition to the west [designed by the same architects] was constructed in 1905-06. The annex faithfully duplicates the style and materials of the principal building." [From the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places as prepared by Mary M. Stiritz, research associate, October, 1982.]




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Eames, William S.

Reference
St. Louis Landmarks & Historic Districts

Frisco Building

 

 

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