National Register of Historic Places

J.C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building

St. Louis (Independent City), St. Louis County, Missouri
Listed
December 31, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
98001563

About this property

The J. C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building, formerly also known as Edison Brothers Warehouse Building, and now Edison Condominiums, is a historic warehouse building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The building now serves as a condo-hotel. The building was constructed in 1929 as a warehouse for the J.C. Penney retail chain. It occupied the building until 1954, after which it was donated to the University of Missouri as a location for an education center, which never materialized. In 1967, the university leased the warehouse to Edison Brothers Stores, which used it as a warehouse for its retail operations until 1994. In 1983, the company commissioned muralist Richard Haas to paint a trompe-l'œil mural on three sides of the building that mimicked architectural stonework, using themes derived from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The building reopened in 2001 after a $54 million renovation as a combination of condominiums and the Sheraton St. Louis City Center hotel. The hotel left Sheraton in 2014 and was unbranded until 2018, when it became a Red Lion Hotel. It closed in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and reopened in 2022 as an OYO Hotel. It is set to be renovated, at a cost of $46 million, and will regain its Sheraton flag. "J. C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building - St. Louis, Missouri" Waymark Edison Condominimums: 400 South 14th Street - St. Louis Lofts

Location

400 S. 14th St.
St. Louis (Independent City), St. Louis County, Missouri
38.62441, -90.20197

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When was J.C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building listed on the National Register?

J.C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1998.

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J.C. Penney Co. Warehouse Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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