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

Wainwright Building

A listed building in St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri in the Chicago School style. Added to the National Register in 1968, and a National Historic Landmark.

Wainwright Building
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address709 Chestnut St., St. Louis (Independent City), MO
CountySt. Louis County
ListedMay 23, 1968
Reference number68000054
ArchitectAdler & Sullivan
StyleChicago School
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Landmarks of St. Louis
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

Street709 Chestnut St.
Coordinates38.62687, -90.19211 · Directions ↗

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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 68000054. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.