Hotel Saint Louis

The Hotel Saint Louis is a hotel and historic building in St. Louis, Missouri. The building was designed by the firm Adler & Sullivan and was constructed from 1892 to 1893. The structure is listed as the Union Trust Company Building on the National Register of Historic Places^[1] and became a City Landmark in 1971.^[2]

Union Trust Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. Louis Landmark No. 30
Location	705 Olive St., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38.628607°N 90.191533°W / 38.628607; -90.191533
Built	1892-1893
Architect	Adler & Sullivan
NRHP reference No.	82004743
STLL No.	30
Added to NRHP	June 17, 1982

The building has 14 stories, a steel frame, and a buff brick and terra cotta exterior. It is the only building by the firm to contain an exterior light court. The building also has a 14-story addition on its northeast side, designed by Eames & Young, built in 1905 and adhering to the original design.^[1]

The first two stories of the building originally had ornate decorative elements. These included a large arched main entrance flanked by sculptural heraldic lions holding shields, with additional sculptural lions at the corners of the building. The unique ornamentation also included large round windows on the second story. All of these decorative elements were removed in either 1924 or 1927, replaced with more conventional exterior elements.^[1]

• Gallery
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  The building in 1894
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  New entranceway, 2023
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  View of upper floors

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
2. "Union Trust Building". stlouis-mo.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

External links

• Official website
• Media related to 705 Olive Street Building at Wikimedia Commons