National Register of Historic Places
The Shell Building
Listed as “Shell Building, The” · Also known as Shell Corner
On the National Register since 201511 years
Listed 2015St. Louis
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About The Shell Building
The Shell Building, at 1221 Locust St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 9, 2015. The Register lists it for its architecture and commerce, at the local level. 40 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.
What it isBuilding in Saint Louis. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Through the years
1926 to today
- 1926Built, designed by Jamieson and Spearl
- 2015Added to the National Register of Historic Places
- 2026On the Register for 11 years
Visit
Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes
1221 Locust St., St. Louis · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies
Around it
86 more Register listings within half a mile
★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.
BSt. Louis Post-Dispatch Printing BuildingInternational Style0.1 miBSt. Louis Post-Dispatch BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.1 miBA. D. Brown BuildingCommercial0.1 miBFord ApartmentsModern Movement0.1 miBSilk Exchange BuildingBuilding0.1 miBLesan-Gould BuildingCommercial0.1 miBPeters Shoe Company BuildingCommercial0.1 miBHotel JeffersonClassical Revival0.1 miBMajestic HotelRenaissance Revival · Built 19130.2 miBMunicipal Courts BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.2 miBFrisco BuildingCommercial0.2 miBThe Publicity BuildingBuilding0.2 miBKiel Opera HouseClassical Revival0.2 miBOld Laclede Gas and Light Company BuildingClassical0.2 miBCity Club BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.2 miBScruggs-Vandervoort-Barney WarehouseCommercial0.2 miBBell Telephone BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque0.2 miBBalmer & Weber Music House Co. BuildingClassical Revival0.2 mi
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BThiebe-Stierlin Music Company BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revival0.2 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 miBRobert G. Campbell HouseFederal0.2 miBLindell Real Estate Company BuidlingCommercial0.2 miBDowntown YMCA BuildingBuilding0.2 miBDelany BuildingClassical Revival0.2 miBFarm and Home Savings and Loan AssociationModern Movement0.2 miBGeneral American Life Insurance Co. BuildingsLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revival0.2 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 miBMidwest Terminal BuildingBuilt 19320.2 miDWashington Avenue Historic DistrictMission Revival0.2 miBLouderman BuildingClassical Revival0.2 miBWinkelmeyer BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBMunicipal Service BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.3 miBOne Bell CenterBuilding0.3 miBMaryland HotelLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.3 mi★U.S. Customhouse and Post OfficeSecond Empire0.3 miBCentury Building and Syndicate Trust BuildingBeaux Arts0.3 miBLeacock Sporting Goods Company BuildingBuilding0.3 miDPlaza Square Apartments Historic DistrictModern Movement0.3 miBArcade BuildingGothic Revival0.3 miBAmerican TheaterBeaux-Arts Classicism0.3 miBPaul Brown BuildingRenaissance Revival0.3 miBCentenary Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthGothic Revival0.3 miBHotel StatlerVictorian Eclecticism0.3 miBPhipps-Wallace Store BuildingRomanesque0.3 miBLennox HotelBuilding0.3 miBHargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods BuildingRenaissance Revival0.3 miBBoard of Education BuildingRomanesque0.3 miBBlackwell-Wielandy BuildingCommercial0.3 miBAdvertising BuildingCommercial Style0.3 miBMore Automobile Company BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19200.3 miBSt. Louis Globe-Democrat BuildingBuilding0.3 miBSeven-Up Company HeadquartersModern Movement0.3 miBEndicott-Johnson Shoe Distribution PlantClassical Revival0.4 miBLincoln Trust BuildingBuilding0.4 mi★Wainwright BuildingBuilding0.4 miBGeneral American Life Insurance Company National HeadquartersModern Movement0.4 miBUnion Trust Company BuildingBuilt 18920.4 miBChemical BuildingChicago Style0.4 miBAmbassador Theater BuildingRenaissance Revival · Built 19260.4 miBWilliam A. Gill BuildingVienna Secession0.4 miBMayfair HotelCommercial0.4 miBLee, Robert E., HotelRenaissance Revival0.4 miBMoon Brothers Carraige Company BuildingLate Victorian0.4 miDCupples Warehouse DistrictCommercial0.5 miBSt. Louis Mart and Terminal WarehouseBuilding0.5 miBJ.C. Penney Co. Warehouse BuildingBuilding0.5 miBLaSalle BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.5 miBExecutive Office BuildingModern Movement0.5 miBEmployment Security BuildingBuilding0.5 miBRailway Exchange BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.5 miBMay Company Department Store BuildingCommercial0.5 miBLiggett & Myers Tobacco Co. BuildingIndustrial0.5 miBLiggett and Myers (Rice-Stix) BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque0.5 miBUnion MarketBuilding0.5 miBGrand-Leader (Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co.) BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.5 miBWeber Implement and Automobile Company, OldTwo-Part Commercial Block0.5 miBWeber Implement and Automobile Company BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19190.5 miDLucas Avenue Industrial Historic District (Boundary Increase)Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.5 miBSt. Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchBaroque Revival0.5 miBBiddle Street MarketBuilding0.5 mi
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Questions about The Shell Building
Is The Shell Building on the National Register of Historic Places?
Yes. It was added on Jun 9, 2015 (Register number 15000319).
Is The Shell Building a National Historic Landmark?
No. It is on the National Register; Missouri has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Christ Church Cathedral, 0 miles away.
Can you visit The Shell 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.
Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.