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Southwestern Bell Building

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Complete

Roof
  
121.0 m (397.0 ft)

Height
  
122 m

Opened
  
1926

Type
  
Commercial offices

Floor count
  
28

Floors
  
26

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Location
  
1010 Pine Street St. Louis, Missouri

Completed
  
1926; 91 years ago (1926)

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
AT&T Center, Bank of America Plaza, Railway Exchange Building, Civil Courts Building, One US Bank Plaza

1919 portion of the southwestern bell building from minecraft


The Southwestern Bell Building is a 28-storey, 121.0 m (397.0 ft) skyscraper constructed to be the headquarters of Southwestern Bell Telephone in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of its construction it was Missouri's tallest building.

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Map of Southwestern Bell Building, 1010 Pine St, St. Louis, MO 63101, USA

The building, which was one of the first in St. Louis to use setbacks, has 17 individual roofs.

Its architect was Mauran, Russell & Crowell, who also designed the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis and the Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis). I.R. Timlin, Southwestern Bell's company architect, was associate architect on the project.

1929 portion of the southwestern bell building from minecraft


References

Southwestern Bell Building Wikipedia