It was designed by the architectural firm Eames & Young and built in 1910.

It is a 12-story, reinforced concrete building faced with yellow brick and grey-buff terra cotta detailing at the first, second, eleventh and twelfth floor levels.

A one-story addition was designed by the architecture firm of Eckel & Aldrich and constructed in 1927 to house the trade halls of the St. Joseph Grain Exchange.

[1] It is located in the St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District.

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