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Centennial Malt House and Elias Hass Building Nominated for National Register of Historic Places
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), July 26, 2005 - The Missouri Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation will consider nominations to the National Register
of Historic Places for a variety of historic and cultural resources during
its quarterly meeting Aug. 19 in Jefferson City.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 9 a.m. in the
LaCharrette conference room of the Lewis and Clark State Office Building,
1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City.
Twenty-two nominations are scheduled to be considered for listing
in the National Register. Properties on the agenda include historic
residences, commercial buildings, educational facilities and historic
districts. Approximately 120 historic resources are represented in the
nominations. The historic resources under consideration in the St. Louis area include:
From its construction in 1914 through much of the first half of the 20th
century, the Elias Haas Building in St. Louis was associated with two of
the city's prominent industries - garments and cars. It began as a hat
factory but a few years later the first floor of the six-story building
was transformed into an automobile dealership. The longest and most
successful tenant of this brick and terra cotta building was the Lowenbaum
Manufacturing Company, which made ladies garments. Various automobile
dealerships were located here, beginning with the Phillips Motor Company.
The building meets the registration requirements of the "Historic
Auto-Related Resources of St. Louis" Multiple Property Submission. Areas
of significance are Commerce and Industry.
The Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Company, Plant No. 6, was part of a network of
buildings that formed the leading ice manufacturing, storage and retail
company in St. Louis. The building was completed in 1906, after the
consolidation of the Muckerman family ice dynast, the largest ice supplier
and manufacturer in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Before the
development of home refrigeration systems, ice plants and ice delivery was
an important industry, especially in large cities. Completed just after
the St. Louis World's Fair, the plant took advantage of the city's new
clean water supply to make ice. Designed by noted St. Louis architect
Harry G. Clymer, the building is the oldest extant ice manufacturing
facility connected with the Polar Wave company.
The Ben J. Selkirk & Sons Building began as an automobile dealership but
is mainly remembered as one of St. Louis's premier auction houses,
specializing in antiques and collectibles from the finest homes in the
city. Selkirk's functioned as an auction house from 1937 until 1995. The
primary two-story building was constructed in 1919 and features an
elaborate façade with a shaped parapet, a terra cotta cornice and a
pedimented terra cotta door surround. The area of significance is
Commerce.
The Centennial Malt House in St. Louis was once an integral building in
the old Chouteau Avenue Brewery complex of German-born brewer Joseph
Maximilian Schnaider. Constructed in 1876 from a design by prominent
brewery architect and engineer Fred W. Wolf and local architect Louis
Kledus, the brick malt house building exemplifies the German Rundbogenstil
(round arch) style. It is the only surviving building from the complex,
which in 1885 was considered one of the most complete breweries in St.
Louis, employing 80 men. Areas of significance are Industry and
Architecture.
Constructed in 1909, the LaSalle Building in St. Louis is a tall (13
stories) and skinny (102 feet long and only 28 feet wide) commercial
building. Designed by architect Isaac S. Taylor, the building has a
corrugated look due to orieled bays which soar from the second story to
the top. During construction, the Simplex method of forming piles was
used for the first time in St. Louis to support the steel skeleton. In
1939, much of the building's cream-colored terra cotta was removed,
creating a simpler, more modern building than originally. Areas of
significance are Engineering and Architecture.
The Charles S. & Mary Warder Rannells House, also known as Woodside, is
the oldest house in Maplewood, St. Louis County. The house was
constructed c. 1850 and was once the heart of a 320-acre property. Charles
Rannells was a lawyer in the City of St. Louis and participated in two
freedom suits in which he defended the slave owners. He later represented
St. Louis County in the State Senate for at least two terms. Though a
relatively prominent family, the Rannells experienced a turn in fortunes
and subdivided their home farm and other properties into smaller lots and
auctioned them to support the family. The Rannells subdivided, platted
and replatted substantial portions of today's Richmond Heights, University
City, and Maplewood.
The New Mount Sinai Cemetery, in Affton, St. Louis County, was established
in 1853 and reflects physically and historically changing religious ideas
as well as burial practices. The transition can be seen in the contrast
between the oldest part of the cemetery with its tight, straight rows of
graves and the more modern Rural cemetery that was designed around it.
This design took form under the supervision of Julius Pitzman, prominent
local landscape designer, in 1907. In addition to its significant
landscape design, the cemetery also contains 41 buildings and structures
representing significant examples of Art Deco, Neo-Classical, Queen Anne
and exotic architectural styles.
Constructed between 1898 and 1911, the Dr. Leander W. Cape
Buildings in Maplewood, St. Louis County, are representative of the city's
early commercial development. These six adjacent one-story and two-story
brick buildings constitute a small historic district and are virtually
intact from the period of construction. The first permanent homes of the
Maplewood City Hall and Fire Department were in two of the buildings.
Builder Leander W. Cape was a physician in Maplewood and St. Louis as well
as, apparently, a speculator in real estate. Architecture and
Politics/Government are areas of significance.
St. Louis Shows Signs of Economic Growth
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), July 26, 2005 - In spite of finishing $1.45 million in the red, the fiscal year that ended June 30 showed signs of positive economic growth, particularly in sales and earnings tax receipts. Both revenue streams beat projections, especially for the year's final quarter. The payroll tax ended about where projected. Lambert Airport and natural gas gross receipts also outpaced projections for the year.
The city's amusement tax, however, was $1 million lower than expected. Likewise, the hotel tax was down $500,000 and the parking tax was down $400,000. The amusement tax is likely down due to the cancellation of the St. Louis Blues hockey season. Hotel and parking revenue probably suffered from the same cause. On the positive side, the restaurant tax ended up about where originally projected in light of downtown losing more than 40 home hockey games.
"The economic vital signs of the city seem to have turned the corner. Mid-year and third quarter results projected continued budget problems but the last quarter of the fiscal year showed an amazing recovery in the economically sensitive taxes such as sales tax and earnings tax," explained Deputy Comptroller Thom Bozzo in an announcement.
Below are highlights from the fiscal year 2005 operating budget:
Sales Tax - $2.1 million over projections Earnings Tax - $1.1 million over projections Airport Gross Receipt Tax - $1.4 million over projections Natural Gas Gross Receipts Tax - $1.3 million over projections
Deputy Budget Director Paul Payne agrees that the 2005 fiscal year offered some hope for the future.
"Although the better than expected revenue collections during the last quarter is not enough to support a trend, it's still good news for the city and certainly a welcome development given the known fiscal challenges that lie ahead," said Payne.
Over the past few years, the city's major revenue sources have generally fallen short of expectations or remained flat. This year bucked that trend and was a pleasant surprise for the city's chief fiscal officer.
"We ended this year with some positive financial momentum. Its up to us as city leaders to build on this and grow it into even larger gains for next year and the years to come," said Comptroller Darlene Green. "It will take a true team effort and a renewed commitment to fiscal responsibility to get St. Louis where we want it to be financially."
The year end results cited above are unaudited and represent preliminary calculations. The official audited results will be published later this year in the city's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
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