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Old Post Office The Victoria Building (formerly St. Nicholas Hotel) - Demolished 1973 819 Locust Street - Demolished 2002 The Mayfair Hotel Mercantile Trust Ambassador Building (demolished 1996) Columbia Building - 7 of 9 stories demolished, 1977 United Missouri Bank Building (formerly L and N Building) Republic National Bank Chemical Building 705 Olive Street (originally the Union Trust Building Railway Exchange (aka Famous Barr 222 N. 7th Street 223 N. 7th Street - altered 1950s; demolished September 2002 Holland Building - demolished, some time after 1960 unknown - demolished, date unknown Terra Cotta Row - demolished, 198x Carleton Building - demolished, date unknown Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Mercantile Library building Mercantile Library building Paradowski Graphic Design LaSalle Building Third National Bank - demolished some time after 1977 Marquette Building Annex - Demolished 1998 The Security Building Marquette Building Merchants Laclede Building Haggerty Building Mississippi Valley Trust Company Veterans Administration Building (Demolished 1975) Lutheran Building (Demolished 1975) Chamber of Commerce Building (Demolished 1975) Cotton Belt Building (originally Planter's Hotel) Demolished 1976 Times Building (demolished 1976) Pierce Building (totally reskinned, 1984 ) Merchant's Exchange Building The Old Court House The Towne Theater (formerly Rivoli Theater) Demolished 1983 Fullerton Building - Demolished circa 1969 Demenil Building - Demolished 1976 Wainwright Building Title Guaranty Building (formerly Lincoln Trust) Demolished 1983 Buder Building (formerly Missouri Pacific) Imploded 1984 International Life Building - Imploded 1984 St. Louis Title Co. - Demolished 19?? American Hotel - Demolished 195x State National Life Insurance Building Southwestern Bell Building Wright Building Arcade Building Paul Brown Building Mark Twain Hotel (formerly the Maryland Hotel) Frisco Building unknown S.G. Adams Building Pennsylvania Building Ludwig Building Thiebe-Stierlin Music Building Omni Hotel Laclede Gas Company Commercial buildings - 1000 block of Olive Commercial buildings - 1000 block of Olive Commercial buildings - 1000 block of Olive Century Building Syndicate Trust Alverne building Brides House / Bulstein building unknown former Mother's Fish Restaurant 921 Locust St. Louis Design Center 913 Locust Street Board of Education building The American Theater Original Mark Twain Hotel The Rialto Building The Equitable Building The Pasta House Farm and Home Savings Association 1015 Locust Building

Grey = Extant historic buildings
Blue = Altered historic buildings
Red = Demolished historic buildings

Contemporary aerial view of tour area, circa 2001. Image composited from Google Maps.

        Tour Introduction
Real Estate Row
Old Post Office Square
Tour overview

Real Estate Row:
Buder Building (Missouri Pacific)
Title Guaranty Building (Lincoln Trust)
Wainwright Building
Demenil Building
unknown - 7th and Pine
Holland Building
223 N. 7th Street
705 Olive Street

Nearby:
American Hotel and Theater
State National Life Insurance Building, 8th Street and Market
International Life Building
St. Louis Title Company
Fullerton Building
Railway Exchange (Famous Barr)
222 N. 7th Street (Gill Building)

Old Post Office District:
Old Post Office
Victoria Building
819 Locust Street
Columbia Building
Republic National Bank
Chemical Building
The Mayfair Hotel
Mercantile Trust
Wright Building
Arcade Building
Paul Brown Building
Century Building
Syndicate Trust Building
Frisco Building


Ambassador Building
Terra Cotta Row
Carleton Building
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Mercantile Library
Paradowski Graphic Design
LaSalle Building
Third National Bank
Marquette Building Annex
Security Building
Marquette Building
Merchants Laclede Building
Haggerty Building
Mississippi Valley Trust Company
Veterans Administration Building
Lutheran Building
Chamber of Commerce Building
Cotton Belt Building (Planter's Hotel)
Times Building
Pierce Building (Adam's Mark Hotel)
Merchant's Exchange Building
Old Court House
Towne Theater (Rivoli Theater)

Southwestern Bell Building
Mark Twain Building
916 Olive Street
S.G. Adams Building
Pennsylvania Building
Ludwig Building
Thiebe-Stierlin Music Building
Omni Hotel
Board of Education Building
American Theater
Laclede Gas Company
Bassone's / La Coney Island
Thaxton Building
1007 Olive Street
Alverne Building (Desoto Hotel)
Brides House / Bulstein Building
Lofts at 315
Mother's Fish Restaurant (923 Locust)
921 Locust Street
St. Louis Design Center (Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Annex)
913 Locust Street