Frisco Building

Frisco Building
Location 906 Olive St., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates 38°37′43″N 90°11′43″W / 38.62861°N 90.19528°W / 38.62861; -90.19528Coordinates: 38°37′43″N 90°11′43″W / 38.62861°N 90.19528°W / 38.62861; -90.19528
Area less than one acre
Built 1903 (1903)
Architect Eames & Young
NRHP Reference # 83001046[1]
Added to NRHP March 29, 1983

The Frisco Building is a historic office building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The building was built in 1903-04 as the headquarters for the St. Louis – San Francisco Railroad, which was also known as the Frisco. The architecture firm Eames and Young designed the building as well as its 1905-06 addition; the building's subtle ornamentation and its pier and spandrel system were both important developments in skyscraper design. The Frisco occupied the building for almost eighty years after its opening, and in that time played an important role in Missouri's economic development through railroad construction.[2]

The Frisco Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Frisco Building" (PDF). Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved January 8, 2013.


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