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United States Customhouse And Post Office (St. Louis)

St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri
County of St. Louis (City).
Olive, Locust, Eighth & Ninth Streets
National Register Number: 68000053
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Government - custom house. The threat level was Watch in
2004.
Congressional District: MO-1 Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: Commercial building.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 30, 1970):
Constructed between 1873 and 1884, this is one of two surviving examples of the huge Federal buildings in the French Second Empire style designed by Alfred B. Mullet, Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury in the post Civil-War era. Along with the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, this is representative of a style important in Federally sponsored architecture of the period.

Condition:
The NHL was a federally owned (GSA) property that was transferred to the State of Missouri in 2004 through the Federal Historic Surplus Property (Historic Monuments) Program in September, 2004. Any future development or re-use of the property must follow the Secretary's Guidelines for Rehabilitation, per stipulations provided in the transfer documents. The property should remain in Watch status until plans for rehabilitation have been implemented.

Any future development or re-use of the property must follow the Secretary's Guidelines for Rehabilitation, per stipulations provided in the transfer documents. The property should remain in Watch status until plans for rehabilitation have been implemented.


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