St. Louis · Downtown & the Arch
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Stephen D. Hatch's Merchants-Laclede bank building at Fourth and Olive; the lobby keeps its white marble floors and twin bank vault doors.
- Built
- 1888–89Merchants-Laclede Building, finished 1888 as a bank and office building (HHA directories give 1889); converted to a hotel in the 2000s.
- Architect
- Stephen D. Hatch (associate L. Cass Miller)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Downtown & the Arch
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Local landmark
The story
New York architect Stephen D. Hatch, with associate L. Cass Miller, designed the Merchants-Laclede Building, finished in 1888 with granite lower floors and red sandstone and brick above. It housed banks and brokerages, later Ozark Airlines and law firms, and stood vacant in the 1990s. It was converted to a hotel in the 2000s; the lobby keeps the original white marble floors and twin bank vault doors.
Good to know
- Address: 400 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO
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Sources (3)
- https://www.laduenews.com/arts-and-culture/stl-hotels-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places/article_da565d26-a29e-11ef-9607-c76823f347c7.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Downtown_and_Downtown_West_St._Louis
- https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2007_3rd/Aug07_NeptuneStLouis.html
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