United States Customhouse and Post Office - St. Louis, Missouri
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N 38° 37.730 W 090° 11.586
15S E 744340 N 4279327
Historic United States Customhouse and Post Office listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1970, located in downtown St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WM6971
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2009
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"The U.S. Custom House and Post Office is a court house in St. Louis, Missouri.
It was designed by architects Alfred B. Mullett, William Appleton Potter, and James G. Hill, and was constructed between 1873 and 1884. Located at the intersection of Eighth and Olive Streets, it is one of two surviving Federal office buildings designed by Mullett. The other is the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.. It is in the Second Empire architectural style popular in the post Civil-War era.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri met at this courthouse until 1935, and the U.S. Circuit Court that district met here until that court was abolished in 1912. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit met here from 1891 until 1935. It was tranferred from the U.S. General Services Administration to the State of Missouri in 2004 through the Federal Historic Surplus Property Program in September of 2004. It is currently a mixed-use facility serving federal and private purposes." - Wikipedia