The 'Wainwright Building' is a 10-story red-brick landmark office building in downtown
St. Louis, Missouri. Built in
1891 and designed by
Dankmar Adler and
Louis Sullivan, it is among the first
skyscrapers in the world. Sullivan used a steel frame and applied his intricate
terra cotta ornament in vertical bands to emphasize the height of the building. The ornamentation for the building is adopted from
Notre-Dame de Reims in France.
After a period of neglect, the building now houses Missouri state offices and is well maintained.
It's named for local financier Ellis Wainwright; Sullivan also designed the
Wainwright Tomb in St. Louis's
Bellefontaine Cemetery for his wife Charlotte Dickson Wainwright.
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External links
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Images and architectural information
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projectchicago.org entry: St. Louis' Wainwright Building
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