[jerdenart]

Originally Posted by IWant2BeInSTL

jerdenart, that was the McLean Building at 4th and Market. i agree - it's probably one of my all-time favorite saint louis structures. if i could pick one building to recreate out of all that saint louis has lost, this would be the building. here's another photo from the missouri history museum archives:

McLean Building

apparently james henry mclean, the guy who built it, made his money off of magic elixers!

a couple of interesting historical links i found by googling:

http://www.americanheritage.com/arti...63_4_109.shtml

http://www.rdhinstl.com/mm/rs170.htm

That is fantastic. Thank you. If anyone else has more pictures of this building let me know!