Red Cross Building - Jefferson Barracks Historic District - Lemay, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 30.330 W 090° 17.045
15S E 736823 N 4265399
This is building #35 in the NRHP Listings. This building is outside the current base and belongs to St. Louis County Parks Department. This was the Red Cross building for the post.
Waymark Code: WM14WZZ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2021
Views: 1
County of building: St. Louis County
Location of building: Worth Rd., between Missouri Civil War Museum & JB Ordnance Depot Museum, Jefferson Barracks, Lemay
Built: 1942
Architect: Unknown
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Original Occupant: Red Cross
Current Occupant: Jefferson Barracks Heritage Foundation
"35. #96 Red Cross Building. 96 Worth Rd.. 1942 C
"Although it is a modest building with low proportions, it was designed to present a
formal front to the parade ground, with a temple-shaped center section. Foursquare columns and
two antae support a pediment with central bull's-eye window. Square six-pane windows above
the front door and flanking first-floor windows create the illusion of a second story within this
portico. Long four-bay, one-story wings stretch from the center section, with six-over-six
windows and asbestos-shingled end gables. The south façade has an entrance centered under a
small gabled hood.
"Located to the side and unattached to building # 96 is a brick, four-car, gable roof garage.
The garage faces south sitting across the street from the old Red Cross Building and adjacent to
the Post Exchange and Gymnasium. This small brick building makes a modest
contribution to the spatial definition of the western edge of the parade ground. Four garage
doors open on the southern side of the building and foursquare windows correspond on the north
side. The gable ends have asbestos shingles." ~ NRHP Nomination Form