Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis) facts for kids
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Railway Exchange Building
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Railway Exchange Building From Locust Street
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 Location in St. Louis
Location in Missouri
Location in the United States
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| Location | 600 Locust St., St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1913 |
| Built by | Korte Co. |
| Architect | Mauran, Russell & Crowell |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000411 |
| Added to NRHP | June 11, 2009 |
The Railway Exchange Building is an 84.4 m (277 ft), 21-story high-rise office building in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1914 steel-frame building is in the Chicago school architectural style, and was designed by architect Mauran, Russell & Crowell. The building was the city's tallest when it opened, and remains the second-largest building in downtown St. Louis by interior area, with almost 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of space.
The building was long home to the flagship store of the Famous-Barr chain of department stores — and the headquarters of its parent company May Department Stores — until the brand was bought by Macy's; the store was converted to a Macy's in 2006. Macy's decided to sell the building in 2008 and closed the store in 2013.
In January 2017, the building was purchased for $20 million by Hudson Holdings, a National Historic Property Developer based in Delray Beach, Florida.
See also
In Spanish: Railway Exchange Building (San Luis) para niños
