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Skyscraper in downtown St. Louis, Missouri

Southwestern Bell Building
Southwestern Bell Building in 2016

General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Neo-Gothic
Location	1010 Pine Street St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°37′41″N 90°11′44″W / 38.6281°N 90.1955°W / 38.6281; -90.1955
Completed	1926; 99 years ago (1926)
Height
Roof	121.0 m (397.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	28
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Mauran, Russell, & Crowell
References

The Southwestern Bell Building is a 28-story, 121.0 m (397.0 ft) skyscraper constructed to be the headquarters of Southwestern Bell Telephone in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of its construction it was Missouri's tallest building.

The building, which was one of the first in St. Louis to use setbacks, has 17 individual roofs.

Its architect was Mauran, Russell & Crowell, who also designed the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis and the Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis). I.R. Timlin, Southwestern Bell's company architect, was associate architect on the project.

References

v t e Timeline of the tallest buildings in Missouri
Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) Union Station (70 m) (1894) Commerce Trust Building (79 m) (1906) Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) 925 Grand (91 m) (1921) Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) Kansas City Power and Light Building (145 m) (1931) One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980) AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986) One Kansas City Place (198 m) (1988)

Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864)
Union Station (70 m) (1894)
Commerce Trust Building (79 m) (1906)
Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914)
925 Grand (91 m) (1921)
Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926)
Kansas City Power and Light Building (145 m) (1931)
One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976)
Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980)
AT&T Center (179 m) (1986)
Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986)
One Kansas City Place (198 m) (1988)

v t e Timeline of the tallest buildings in St. Louis
Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) Union Station (70 m) (1894) Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) Laclede Gas Building (122 m) (1969) One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)

v t e Skyscrapers in St. Louis
Current	Metropolitan Square One AT&T Center Eagleton Federal Courthouse One US Bank Plaza Laclede Gas Building Southwestern Bell Building Civil Courts Building Bank of America Plaza One City Center Park East Tower Queeny Tower Park Plaza Apartments St. Francis de Sales Church 1010 Market Street Four Seasons Hotel Millennium Hotel Crowne Plaza Mansion House Gentry's Landing Continental Life Building 500 Broadway Equitable Building Roberts Mayfair Tower
Proposed	Ballpark Village Tower III MW Tower AHM Mass Timber Tower
Approved	Gateway South Tower I Gateway South Tower II Gateway South Tower III
See also: List of tallest buildings in Missouri