Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)

The Railway Exchange Building is an 84.4 m (277 ft), 21-story high-rise office building in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1914 steel-frame building is in the Chicago school architectural style, and was designed by architect Mauran, Russell & Crowell. The building was the city's tallest when it opened, and remains the second-largest building in downtown St. Louis by interior area, with almost 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of space.[2][3]

Railway Exchange Building
Railway Exchange Building From Locust Street
Location600 Locust St., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°37′50″N 90°11′22″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
Built byKorte Co.
ArchitectMauran, Russell & Crowell
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No.09000411[1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 2009

The building was long home to the flagship store of the Famous-Barr chain of department stores — and the headquarters of its parent company May Department Stores — until Macy's purchased the brand; the store was rebranded as Macy's in 2006.[4] Macy's sold the building in 2008[5] and closed the store in 2013.[6]

In January 2017, Hudson Holdings, a National Historic Property Developer based in Delray Beach, Florida, purchased the building for $20 million.[7][8]

Notable people

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Railway Exchange Building". Emporis. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  3. "Railway Exchange Building". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  4. "Railway Exchange Building". Built St. Louis. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  5. Brown, Lisa R. (28 October 2009). "Bruce, Yackey seek TIF for Macy's overhaul". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  6. Bryant, Tim (May 20, 2013). "Macy's to close downtown St. Louis store". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  7. Bryant, Tim (January 31, 2017). "Developer buys Railway Exchange Building downtown". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  8. "Hudson Holdings - National Historic Property Developer". hudsonholdings.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
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