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United States (St. Louis, Missouri)
The Chemical Building in St. Louis
2652
Built in 1896 (with an annex added in 1903 by the St. Louis firm Mauran, Russell, and Garden), representing late 19th-century commercial high-rise architecture.
Architecturally, it serves as a decorative horizontal belt course and frieze, breaking up the 17-story masonry and steel facade of the Chicago-style office building while providing durable, weather-resistant ornament.
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