Civil Courts Building

Civil Courts Building
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCourthouse
Location10 North Tucker Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38°37′39″N 90°11′50″W / 38.6276°N 90.1972°W / 38.6276; -90.1972
Construction started1928; 97 years ago (1928)
Completed1930; 95 years ago (1930)
Cost$4.5 million (64.1 million 2015)
OwnerState of Missouri
ManagementState of Missouri
Height
Roof386 feet (118 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count13
Design and construction
Architect(s)Klipstein & Rathmann[2]

The Civil Courts Building is a landmark court building used by the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri.

The building with its pyramid shaped roof is prominently featured in the center of photos of the Gateway Arch from the Illinois side as its location on the Memorial Plaza is lined up in the middle directly behind the Old Courthouse.

The building was part of an $87 million bond issue ratified by voters in 1923 to build monumental buildings along the Memorial Plaza which also included Kiel Auditorium and the Municipal Services Building. The Plaza and the buildings were part of St. Louis's City Beautiful plan.

It replaced the Old Courthouse as the city's court building and its construction prompted the descendants of the founding father Auguste Chouteau to unsuccessfully sue the city to get the Old Courthouse back since the stipulation was that it was to always be the courthouse.

The pyramid roof on the top was designed to resemble the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It features 32 Ionic columns. Each of the columns have 6 fluted drums, and a cap, and are about 42 feet (13 m) high, 5+1⁄2 feet in diameter. They are made of Indiana limestone.[3]

The facade of the St. Louis Civil Courts building, viewed from Market St. and N. 11th

The roof is made of cast aluminum and is topped by two 12-foot (3.7 m) high sphinx-like structures with the fleur-de-lis of St. Louis adorned on the chests. These sphinx-like creatures were sculpted by Cleveland sculptor, Steven A. Rebeck.[4]

Some architectural elements from the building have been removed in renovations and taken to the Sauget, Illinois storage site of the National Building Arts Center.[5]

During St. Louis PrideFest, the building has lit its columns up in a rotating rainbow pattern. In 2016, the top of the building lit up with 49 purple lights to show solidarity to the victims in the Orlando nightclub shooting. The tradition of Pride started in 2012, when the building was first lit up.[6]

References

  1. ^ Emporis.com - Retrieved January 10, 2008[usurped]
  2. ^ Klipstein & Rathmann - Emporis.com - Retrieved January 10, 2008[usurped]
  3. ^ "Civil Courts Building - St. Louis, Missouri" Waymark - waymarking.com - Retrieved January 11, 2008
  4. ^ Opitz, Glenn B. Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to the Present. Poughkeepsie, NY: Apollo Books, 1984, page 329.
  5. ^ http://www.buildingmuseum.org/recovery.htm Archived 2009-11-17 at the Wayback Machine List of Recovered Buildings
  6. ^ "Civil Courts Building to be Lit in Rainbow Tonight". 21 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-24.

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