The J. C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building, formerly also known as Edison Brothers Warehouse Building, and now Edison Condominiums, is a historic warehouse building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The building now serves as a condo-hotel.
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| Location | 400 S. 14th St., St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°37′27″N 90°12′7″W / 38.62417°N 90.20194°W |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1928-1929 |
| Architect | Miller, John F.; Starrett Bros. |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001563[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1998 |
History
editThe building was constructed in 1929 as a warehouse for the J.C. Penney retail chain. It occupied the building until 1954, after which it was donated to the University of Missouri as a location for an education center, which never materialized. In 1967, the university leased the warehouse to Edison Brothers Stores, which used it as a warehouse for its retail operations until 1994.[2] In 1983, the company commissioned muralist Richard Haas to paint a trompe-l'œil mural on three sides of the building that mimicked architectural stonework, using themes derived from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.[3]
The building reopened in 2001 after a $54 million renovation as a combination of condominiums and the Sheraton St. Louis City Center hotel. The hotel left Sheraton in 2014 and was unbranded until 2018, when it became a Red Lion Hotel.[4] It closed in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and reopened in 2022 as an OYO Hotel. It is set to be renovated, at a cost of $46 million, and will regain its Sheraton flag.[5]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "400 S. 14th Street (J.C Penney/Edison Brothers Warehouse)". What That Was. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Edison Brothers Building, Trompe L'Oeil Mural, 400 Fourteenth Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ Jacob Barker (2018-03-02). "St. Louis City Center Hotel to become Hotel RL". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Downtown St. Louis hotel with World's Fair mural is set for renovation and rebranding". 22 August 2023.
- "J. C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building - St. Louis, Missouri" Waymark
- Edison Condominimums: 400 South 14th Street - St. Louis Lofts