J. C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building (St. Louis, Missouri)

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.

J.C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building
Location400 S. 14th St., St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°37′27″N 90°12′7″W
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1928-1929
ArchitectMiller, John F.; Starrett Bros.
NRHP reference No.98001563[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1998

History

The 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'oeil 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 a hotel, first under the Sheraton brand but currently as a Hotel RL.[4]

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "400 S. 14th Street (J.C Penney/Edison Brothers Warehouse)". What That Was. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  3. "Edison Brothers Building, Trompe L'Oeil Mural, 400 Fourteenth Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  4. Jacob Barker (2018-03-02). "St. Louis City Center Hotel to become Hotel RL". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2019-06-13.


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