Laclede Building
- Also Known As: Merchants-Laclede Building
- Address: 408 Olive St
- Neighborhood of Downtown, STL in City of St Louis
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1885/00/00 | Stephen Decatur Hatch | Architect, Developer | A J Cooper of Chicago and his partner, Stephen D Hatch, began planning for a large building at 4th and Olive Streets in 1885. After the building's foundations are constructed, they run out of money. | |||
| 1887/00/00 | L Cass Miller | Supervising Architect | After lawsuits and contractor liens, Hatch and other investors buyout Cooper's share and resume construction on the office building. | |||
| 1887/11/27 | The Laclede National Bank, where many of the bank's trustees have invested in the new building, signs on as a tenant. | |||||
| 1888/08/26 | The Elks Club lease chambers on the 8th floor. Another original tenat is the Missouri State Stenographer's Association. | |||||
| 1889/00/00 | Hatch and Miller | Architect | Designed by the firm of Hatch and Miller, a Greek Revival eight-story red brick building is completed at Fourth and Olive. The Newhard-Cook entrance to the building is Egyptian and is probably an addition. | |||
| 1895/05/00 | The Laclede National Bank merges with the Merchants National Bank. The structure is name after the financial institution's new name: the Merchants-Laclede Building. | |||||
| 1895/06/00 | The Merchants-Laclede National Bank Of Saint Louis begins printing national currency. By 1929, the finical institution will printed $20,281,000 dollars worth of national currency in 14 different types and denominations. | |||||
| 1906/00/00 | Eames and Young | Architect | Rustic stone blocks on the first 2 floors are ground down, larger windows are installed at street level, the corner entrance is closed off and a new entrance is built on Olive Street. The ground-floor bank is remodeled in a more modern style. | |||
| 1906/08/19 | Postal Telegraph Company | Office | Postal Telegraph Company operates a ground floor office in the Merchants-Laclede Building. | |||
| 1929/00/00 | The Merchants-Laclede National Bank Of Saint Louis, Missouri, goes out of business. |
| Particulars for Laclede Building: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Business |
| Architectural Style | Early commercial |
| Historic Use | Financial Institution |
| Owner | Private |
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