Laclede Gas Building

Laclede Gas Building
Laclede Gas Building
	Laclede Gas Building, May 2018
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	International style
Location	720 Olive; St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°37′42″N 90°11′32″W / 38.6282°N 90.1922°W
Completed	1967 - 1969
Owner	Brandonview LLC
Height
Roof	122 m (400 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	31
Floor area	434,912 sq ft (40,404.6 m2)
Design and construction
Architect	Emery Roth & Sons
Other information
Public transit access	MCT; MetroBus; Red Blue ; At 8th & Pine station
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The Laclede Gas Building is a 31-story, 122 m (400 ft) skyscraper located at 720 Olive Street in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.^[4] It was designed by the Emery Roth & Sons architecture firm, and was built between 1967 and 1969 for the Laclede Gas Company, which had outgrown its 10-story building at 1017 Olive Street.^[5] The Laclede Gas Company vacated the building in March 2015, after 45 years in the space. The building has since been converted to mixed-use, and presently consists of both office and residential spaces.^[6]

Uniquely, all power for the building is generated in-house using methane gas burning generators, and therefore is not interconnected to the Ameren power grid.

The building also houses one of the eastbound entrances to MetroLink's 8th & Pine subway station.

As of January 2025, the building is for sale.^[7]

References

^ "Emporis building ID 127162". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015.
^ "Laclede Gas Building". SkyscraperPage.
^ Laclede Gas Building at Structurae
^ "'Iconic' downtown St. Louis skyscraper is for sale". ksdk.com. May 17, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ "St. Louis Historic Preservation". dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^ Ihnen, Alex (September 12, 2014). "Hayden Buys Laclede Gas Building, Renovation to Include 111 Apartments". NextSTL. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
^ Rubbelke, Nathan (January 7, 2025). "Asking price revealed for downtown St. Louis tower that hit the market last year". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[1] "Emporis building ID 127162". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015.

[2] "Laclede Gas Building". SkyscraperPage.

[3] Laclede Gas Building at Structurae

[4] "'Iconic' downtown St. Louis skyscraper is for sale". ksdk.com. May 17, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[5] "St. Louis Historic Preservation". dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

[6] Ihnen, Alex (September 12, 2014). "Hayden Buys Laclede Gas Building, Renovation to Include 111 Apartments". NextSTL. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

[7] Rubbelke, Nathan (January 7, 2025). "Asking price revealed for downtown St. Louis tower that hit the market last year". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

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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
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See also: List of tallest buildings in Missouri

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