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[1] It commissioned Eames & Young, a St. Louis architecture firm active between 1885 and 1927 that designed several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

[2] Built in 1906 and 1907,[3] the building was designed to be fireproof, with steel-frame and hollow tile floors, and with brick and terra cotta sheathing.

Especially noteworthy is the monumental entrance featuring ornamental terra cotta in a foliated cable design surmounted by an elaborate cartouche.

There is a small, three-bay, one story section at the east end of the building clad in similar materials."