Bounded by 15th, Olive, 17th & Chestnut Sts., St. Louis, Missouri. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 12, 2007. NRIS 07000705.
8 contributing buildings.
The Plaza Square Apartments Historic District, in St. Louis, Missouri, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The listing included eight contributing buildings on 4 acres (1.6 ha).
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; et al.
Architecture: Modern Movement, Late Victorian
Historic function: Domestic; Education
Historic subfunction: Multiple Dwelling; School
Criteria: event, architecture/engineering
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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63821000