Built St. Louis
Historic Downtown

Columbia Building
318 N. 8th Street
Built: 1892
Architect: Isaac Taylor
Status: Top seven stories demolished, 1976-77. Remaining 2 stories occupied.

The Columbia Building was originally a 9-story building in a Romanesque style. Only a fragment of it remains; even the dentals along the cornice are merely painted on. This postcard view shows the building as it originally stood, along with the neighboring L&N Building and the Chemical Building.

Locator Map


Image courtesy of James Cravatt.


Above: what remains of the building today.


Image from the Historic American Buildings Survey.