National Historic Landmark · courthouse · St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri

U.s. Customhouse and Post Office

United States historic place in St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri. Added to the National Register in 1968, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1968Second Empire architecture in the United States and CanadaAlfred B. Mullett
MO-St. Louis courthouse 1884Old Post Office, Saint LouisPost Office and Custom House. (Old Post Office). Olive Street sideThe New Government Building at St. Louis, Missouri (Custom House and Post Office). Occupying the entire block between Eighth and Ninth Streets and Olive and Locust Streets. Building completed 1884
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What it is

Wikipedia · United States Customhouse and Post Office (St. Louis, Missouri)

The U.S. Custom House and Post Office is a court house at 815 Olive Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address8th and Olive Sts., St. Louis (Independent City), MO
CountySt. Louis County
ListedNov 22, 1968
Reference number68000053
ArchitectAlfred B. Mullett
Type of placecourthouse
StyleSecond Empire architecture in the United States and Canada
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address8th and Olive Sts., St. Louis (Independent City), MO
Coordinates38.62894, -90.19290 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitGateway Arch National Park · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 68000053. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.