Wainwright Building
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| Wainwright Building | |
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| Location: | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1891 |
| Architect: | Sullivan,Louis |
| Architectural style(s): | Chicago |
| Added to NRHP: | May 23, 1968 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 68000054[1] |
| Governing body: | State |
The Wainwright Building is a 10-story red-brick landmark office building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Built in 1891 and designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, it is among the first skyscrapers in the world. Sullivan used a steel frame and applied his intricate terra cotta ornament in vertical bands to emphasize the height of the building. The ornamentation for the building is adopted from Notre-Dame de Reims in France.
After a period of neglect, the building now houses Missouri state offices and is well maintained.
It's named for local financier Ellis Wainwright; Sullivan also designed the Wainwright Tomb in St. Louis's Bellefontaine Cemetery for his wife Charlotte Dickson Wainwright.
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[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- National Register of Historic Places: Inventory - Nomination Form. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
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