Emerson Electric Company Building

Lofts at 2020 (formerly known as the Sporting News Lofts building and before that as the Emerson Electric Company Building) is a building on the National Register of Historic Places which has had the address of 2012-18 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. The building was designed by architect Albert B. Groves and was constructed in 1920 as an eight-story concrete factory. After World War II, the building was the headquarters for The Sporting News.^[1] As of 2019, The Sporting News sign is still attached to the building.^[2]

The building was originally a 150,000 ft² factory for manufacturing small motors and fans for Emerson Electric. During World War II, Emerson produced turrets for heavy bombers such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator.^[3]

1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Emerson Electric Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-12-25.
2. ^ "I Miss The Sporting News". Retrieved 2019-12-26.
3. ^ Nini Harris (2018). This Used to Be St. Louis. St. Louis, MO: Reedy Press, LLC. p. 26. 9781681061139.

38°38′02″N 90°12′31″W / 38.634°N 90.20849°W / 38.634; -90.20849

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