The A&P Food Stores Building is an Art Deco–style commercial building designed by Saum Architects in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Built in 1940, it was one of the few small commercial buildings in St. Louis designed in the Art Deco style. The building was also significant as having been one of the first supermarkets in St. Louis that was developed to serve automobile-owning customers, providing parking and convenient "one-stop shopping".[2]: 13
A & P Food Stores Building | |
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| Location | 6016, 6014, and 6018 Delmar, St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°39′16″N 90°17′41″W / 38.65444°N 90.29472°W |
| Built | 1940 |
| Architect | Saum Architects |
| Architectural style | Art Deco, Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001171[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 2000 |
There were as many as 84 A&P stores in the city, 20 being supermarkets and the others being cash and carry stores; this building is one of the last surviving of these, and it was among those which kept operating up until A&P entirely left the city in 1979–1980.[2]: 18
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
See also
edit- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, food store chain
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Karen Bode Baxter and Timothy P. Maloney (July 10, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: A & P Food Stores Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-23. including photos