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St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building (Joplin, Missouri)

Coordinates: 37°5′9″N 94°30′47″W / 37.08583°N 94.51306°W / 37.08583; -94.51306
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St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building (Joplin, Missouri) is located in Missouri
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building (Joplin, Missouri)
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building (Joplin, Missouri) is located in the United States
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building (Joplin, Missouri)
Location605 Main St., Joplin, Missouri
Coordinates37°5′9″N 94°30′47″W / 37.08583°N 94.51306°W / 37.08583; -94.51306
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
Built byCook, Issac T. Construction Co.
ArchitectMauran, Russell & Crowell
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Chicago
NRHP reference No.02001193[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 2002

St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building, also known as the Frisco Building, is a historic train station and office building located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1913 for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, and is a nine-story, L-shaped, brick-and-stone-trimmed building with a decorative cornice. It measures approximately 101 feet by 127 feet and has a two-part vertical block form.[2]: 5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1] It is located in the Joplin Downtown Historic District.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cydney E. Millstein (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 11 photographs from 2002)
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