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What Would Have Been the Tallest Skyscraper in St. Louis

Posted by Chris Naffziger on
Rendering of the Central Tower inserted between Bank of Commerce and Veterans’ Building, both clad in new facades. Image courtesy of Andrew Raimist.

Update: Image added in December of 2025. Read the full explanation about the skyscraper from April of 2025.

I recently discovered that St. Louis was planning a forty story skyscraper in downtown back in 1930. Seems like it probably fell victim to the Great Depression; it was designed by famed St. Louis architect Harris Armstrong. I’m going to see if I can get some plans of the building.

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  1. Michael R. Allen says:
    July 9, 2007 at 3:57 PM

    Andrew Raimist, author of the Architectural Ruminations blog, showed renderings in a recent slideshow presentation.

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