Corby–Forsee Building, also known as the Corby Building, is a historic commercial building located at

St. Joseph, Missouri St. Joseph is a city in and county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. A small portion of the city extends north into Andrew County, Missouri, Andrew County. Located on the Missouri River, it is the princ ...

. It was designed by the architectural firm

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and built in 1910. It is a 12-story,

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building faced with yellow brick and grey-buff

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detailing at the first, second, eleventh and twelfth floor levels. A one-story addition was designed by the architecture firm of

Eckel & Aldrich Edmond J. Eckel (June 22, 1845 – December 12, 1934) was an architect in practice in St. Joseph, Missouri, from 1872 until his death in 1934. In 1880 he was the founder of Eckel & Mann, later Eckel & Aldrich and Brunner & Brunner, wh ...

and constructed in 1927 to house the trade halls of the St. Joseph Grain Exchange. It was listed on the

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in 1980. It is located in the St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District.

References

Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Commercial buildings completed in 1910 Buildings and structures in St. Joseph, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Buchanan County, Missouri {{BuchananCountyMO-NRHP-stub