Municipal Service Building - St. Louis, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 37.490 W 090° 11.880
15S E 743927 N 4278870
City service building located near city hall and other municipal buildings in downtown St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WMJP3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2006
Views: 8
This building was built as a result of a large 1923 city bond issue which included this building, Kiel Opera House, and Homer G. Phillips Hospital among others. This building included a fire training academy, vehicle maintenance facility and a power house for steam heating twelve city buildings in the area. The building was completed in 1928. The powerhouse was used until 1968 when it was shut down because the coal fired boilers could not be brought within clean air requirements. The powerhouse portion of the building have been sold and some work is being done to convert the space into other uses. The fire training academy had moved to another location. The city continues to use the garage portion of the building.
Street address:
Bounded by Clark, Spruce, 11th and Tucker
St. Louis, Missouri
County / Borough / Parish: St. Louis (Independent City)
Year listed: 2005
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Community Planning And Development
Periods of significance: 1900-1949
Historic function: Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Current function: Government, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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