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Coordinates: 38°37′57″N 90°11′45″W / 38.6326°N 90.1957°W / 38.6326; -90.1957
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Globe Building
Main entrance in 2012, building since further remodeled
Map
Former namesGlobe-Democrat Building
Midwest Terminal Building
Illinois Terminal System Building
General information
StatusCompleted, operational
TypeOffice and data center
Architectural styleArt Deco and industrial Modernism Movement
Address710 N Tucker Blvd
Town or citySt. Louis
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°37′57″N 90°11′45″W / 38.6326°N 90.1957°W / 38.6326; -90.1957
Construction started1931
Completed1932
Height166 feet (51 m)
Technical details
Structural systemSteel and concrete
MaterialBrick, limestone, applied masonry
Floor count7
Design and construction
Architecture firmMoran, Russell, and Crowell
EngineerBrussell & Viterbo
Spearl, Becker & Falvey
Main contractorKaplan-McGowan Co
Renovating team
Architect(s)Adrian Luchini
Renovating firmLuchiniad
Other information
ParkingSecure onsite garage
Public transit accessMetroLink and MetroBus
Website
globebuilding.com
Globe Building
NRHP reference No.16000548
Added to NRHPJanuary 23, 2017

The Globe Building is an Art Deco style office and data center building in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Before that it housed the St. Louis Globe-Democrat newspaper and was originally built for the Illinois Terminal Railroad.[1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Globe Building was originally designed as a freight and passenger terminal for the Illinois Terminal Railroad. The railroad commissioned the firm Moran, Russell, and Crowell, which designed many large buildings and landmarks in St. Louis. During World War II the building housed offices of the predecessor to the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA),[2] which referenced it as their US Aeronautical Chart Plant, St. Louis.[3][4] The building would later go on to house geographic data and information firms, including geospatial intelligence offices, which complement the nearby National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Campus West (NCW). The construction of a SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility), which was novel for a private facility not already under federal contract, was publicly announced in May 2022 at which time it was also claimed that a waiting list of companies seeking placement in the Globe Building exceeds fifty.[5] With the decline of railroads in the United States, in the 1950s the building was transitioned to hosting the fledgling daily newspaper, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. As newspapers also declined and St. Louis became a single major daily newspaper town in the 1980s, the structure was eventually turned into an office and data center building. The modern day Globe Building is adjacent to what became the Washington Avenue Historic District and is near the complex housing America's Center and The Dome at America's Center. Some elements from the building from the railroad and newspaper eras were salvaged for preservation by the National Building Arts Center.

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References

  1. ^ Allen, Michael R. (September 13, 2012). "Midwest Terminal Building Brochure". Preservation Research Office. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  2. ^ "The History of the Globe Building". Globe Building. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  3. ^ Bivens, Matt (2019). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). Missouri State Parks, Missouri Division of Natural Resources. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  4. ^ "History of the Aeronautical Chart Service". WWII Escape Maps. 2008. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  5. ^ Woodbury, Emily (May 13, 2022). "New St. Louis facility offers high-tech space for confidential information". St. Louis Public Radio. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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