National Register of Historic Places
St. Louis Globe-Democrat Building
St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
The record
- Listed
- June 24, 2019
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 900 N. Tucker Blvd., St. Louis
- County
- St. Louis
- State
- Missouri
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 38.63473, -90.19515
- Reference number
- 100004066
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The story
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The St. Louis Globe-Democrat Building is a six-story Art Deco and Streamline Moderne building at 900 N. Tucker Blvd. in St. Louis, built in 1930-1931. Its design is attributed to the firm of Mauran, Russell and Crowell.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criterion C, with local-level significance in architecture, and its period of significance runs from 1930 to 1931, matching the building's construction in those years.
Physical character
The buff brick walls rise to a parapet capped in limestone and decorated with volutes and a winged owl, and street-level windows let passersby watch the printing presses inside. A three-story addition was built onto the north side between 1964 and 1978, and a 1963 lobby renovation added travertine marble panels and word murals while covering or removing some of the original Art Deco decorative detail.
Historical context
The building opened in 1931 as the Globe-Democrat's printing and publishing plant and served in that role until 1959, when it was sold to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Post-Dispatch continued using the building from 1964, and at the time of its listing it was used as offices. By 1892 the Globe-Democrat ranked among the city's three largest newspapers, and by 1929 its circulation had passed 500,000 copies weekly.