Plaza Square Apartments Historic District
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The Plaza Square Apartments Historic District, in St. Louis, Missouri, is a
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The listing included eight
contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
on . The district includes six 13-story Modern Movement apartment buildings and two historic churches. The apartment buildings were constructed during 1959 to 1961 "from plans by Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum with Harris Armstrong." One of the churches has an office wing and/or a rectory? One of the churches is Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which was already separately listed on the National Register. Location: Bounded by 15th St., Olive St., 17th St. & Chestnut St. St. Louis, MO
Date added: July 12, 2007
Architect:
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum HOK, formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum and legally HOK Group, Inc., is an American design, architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm, founded in 1955. As of 2018, HOK is the largest U.S.-based architecture-engineering f ...
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Architecture: Modern Movement, Late Victorian
Historic function: Domestic; Education
Historic subfunction: Multiple Dwelling; School
Criteria: event, architecture/engineering Includes accompanying pictures?


References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis Modern Movement architecture in the United States Victorian architecture in Missouri 2007 establishments in Missouri Tourist attractions in St. Louis {{StLouisMO-NRHP-stub