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

U.s. Customhouse and Post Office

A listed building in St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri in the Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada style. Added to the National Register in 1968, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1968Second Empire architecture in the United States and CanadaPrivate unless stated
U.s. Customhouse and Post Office
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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
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 ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

Street8th and Olive Sts.
Coordinates38.62894, -90.19290 · Directions ↗

Explore

Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

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.