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Frisco Building
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National Register of Historic Places

Frisco Building

On the National Register since 198343 years
CommercialListed 1983St. Louis

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About Frisco Building

Frisco Building, at 906 Olive St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 29, 1983. The Register lists it for its transportation and architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Commercial, as it does for 38 other Missouri listings. 48 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isSt. Louis, Missouri, on the National Register of Historic Places. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 22 MB · National Archives↗
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906 Olive St., St. Louis · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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BChemical BuildingChicago Style0.2 miBAmbassador Theater BuildingRenaissance Revival · Built 19260.2 miBWilliam A. Gill BuildingVienna Secession0.2 miBMayfair HotelCommercial0.2 miBArcade BuildingGothic Revival0.2 miBAmerican TheaterBeaux-Arts Classicism0.2 mi★Christ Church CathedralGothic0.2 miBHotel StatlerVictorian Eclecticism0.2 miBPhipps-Wallace Store BuildingRomanesque0.2 miBThe Shell BuildingBuilt 19260.2 miBLennox HotelBuilding0.2 miBKieselhorst Piano Company BuildingLate Victorian0.2 miDWashington Avenue: East of Tucker DistrictItalianate0.2 miBBuilding at 1009 Olive St.Art Deco0.2 miBNational Cash Register Company Sales and Repair BuildingBuilding0.2 miBHargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods BuildingRenaissance Revival0.2 miBBoard of Education BuildingRomanesque0.2 miBLindell Real Estate Company BuidlingCommercial0.2 miBA. D. Brown BuildingCommercial0.2 miBSilk Exchange BuildingBuilding0.2 miBDelany BuildingClassical Revival0.2 miBFarm and Home Savings and Loan AssociationModern Movement0.2 miBSt. Louis News CompanyLate Victorian0.2 miBHadley-Dean Glass CompanyLate Victorian0.2 miBSpool Cotton Co. BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.2 miBBuilding at 1121-23 Locust St.Classical Revival0.2 miBEndicott-Johnson Shoe Distribution PlantClassical Revival0.3 miBMunicipal Courts BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.3 miBLaSalle BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.3 miBExecutive Office BuildingModern Movement0.3 miBRailway Exchange BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.3 miBMissouri Pacifc BuildingArt Deco0.3 miBFord ApartmentsModern Movement0.3 miBBuilding at 1300 Washington AvenueCommercial0.3 miBLesan-Gould BuildingCommercial0.3 miBPeters Shoe Company BuildingCommercial0.3 miBFashion Square Building20th Century Gothic0.3 miBMidwest Terminal BuildingBuilt 19320.3 miBLouderman BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBHotel JeffersonClassical Revival0.3 miDCupples Warehouse DistrictCommercial0.4 miBSt. Louis Mart and Terminal WarehouseBuilding0.4 miBLaclede BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.4 miBBoatman's Bank BuildingClassical Revival0.4 miBStickney, William A., Cigar Company BuildingLate Victorian0.4 miBKiel Opera HouseClassical Revival0.4 miBSecurity BuildingClassical Revival · Built 18920.4 miDPlaza Square Apartments Historic DistrictModern Movement0.4 miBEmployment Security BuildingBuilding0.4 miBMay Company Department Store BuildingCommercial0.4 miBUnion MarketBuilding0.4 miBRobert G. Campbell HouseFederal0.4 miBDowntown YMCA BuildingBuilding0.4 miBGeneral American Life Insurance Co. BuildingsLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revival0.4 miBGrand-Leader (Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co.) BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.4 miDWashington Avenue Historic DistrictMission Revival0.4 miBSt. Louis Globe-Democrat BuildingBuilding0.4 miBSeven-Up Company HeadquartersModern Movement0.4 miBFulton Bag Company BuildingRomanesque0.5 miBAmerican Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company BuildingModern Movement0.5 miBPet PlazaModern Movement0.5 miBInternational Fur Exchange BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 19190.5 miBJ.C. Penney Co. Warehouse BuildingBuilding0.5 mi★Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic SiteGreek Revival0.5 miDMansion House Center Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miBPeabody Coal Company National HeadquartersModern Movement0.5 miBCentenary Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthGothic Revival0.5 miBKennard, J., and Sons Carpet Company BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.5 miBMissouri Athletic Club BuildingRenaissance Revival0.5 miBBlackwell-Wielandy BuildingCommercial0.5 miBAdvertising BuildingCommercial Style0.5 miBMore Automobile Company BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19200.5 mi
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Questions about Frisco Building

Is Frisco Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 29, 1983 (Register number 83001046).

Is Frisco Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Missouri has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is U.S. Customhouse and Post Office, 0.1 miles away.

Can you visit Frisco Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Frisco Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 22 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63820897 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.