St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District, St. Joseph

Name: St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District
Address: St. Joseph, United States

#48 among attractions in St. Joseph

Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Neoclassical architecture

St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District

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St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Joseph, Missouri. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in the central business district of St. Joseph. It developed between about 1859 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Streamline Moderne style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed German-American Bank Building, Corby-Forsee Building, Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building, and Missouri Valley Trust Company Historic District. Other notable buildings include the Ballinger Building, Commerce Building, First National Bank of St. Joseph, Lehman's, Plymouth Building, and the United Building by the architecture firm of Eckel & Aldrich. ()

Area: 11 acres (0.0172 mi²)Coordinates: 39°45'59"N, 94°51'9"W

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St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Robidoux Row, Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building, Townsend & Wall, Remington Nature Center.

0.6 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Robidoux Row, St. Joseph
17 min walk • Robidoux Row is a historic apartment building located at 219-225 East Poulin Street in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built by St. Joseph founder Joseph Robidoux in north St. Joseph in the late 1840s/early 1850s. It is a 1+1⁄2-story brick structure with an attached single story brick building. Robidoux lived there at one point.
~540 ftE
Architecture, Historical place, Concerts and shows
Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building, St. Joseph
3 min walk • The Missouri Theater is a theater located in St. Joseph, Missouri. Completed in July 1927, the Missouri Theater was built as a cinema in the atmospheric style, using a combination of Art Deco and Moorish detailing.
~340 ftN
Shopping, Department store
Townsend & Wall, St. Joseph
2 min walk • Townsend & Wall at 602 Francis Street was the principal department store in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri from 1866 to 1983. It is listed as a contributing building to the St. Joseph Commerce and Banking Historic District which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.4 miNW
39°46'44"N • 94°52'26"W
Remington Nature Center, St. Joseph
37 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, Art gallery
~1140 ftE
Library
St Joseph Public Library, St. Joseph
6 min walk • St. Joseph Public Library, also known as Free Public Library, Public Museum, Public Library, and Board of Education Building, is a historic library building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. This library has over 9,000 books.
~1050 ftNW
Architecture
Buchanan County Courthouse, St. Joseph
6 min walk • Buchanan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1873, and is a cruciform plan, Renaissance Revival-style brick building. It features pedimented porticos with Corinthian order columns and a glass and tin central dome.
0.5 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture
Burnside-Sandusky Gothic House, St. Joseph
12 min walk • The Burnside-Sandusky Gothic House is a historic house located at 720 South 10th Street in St. Joseph, Missouri.
~1970 ftW
39°46'3"N • 94°51'34"W
Robidoux Landing Playhouse, St. Joseph
10 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
0.7 miSE
Colonial revival architecture
Everett School, St. Joseph
18 min walk • Everett School, also known as St. Joseph Christian School, is a historic school building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1909, and is a two-story, "E"-plan, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement.
~170 ftE
Romanesque architecture
German-American Bank Building, St. Joseph
1 min walk • The German-American Bank Building is a historic bank building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1889, and is a six-story, rectangular brick building designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style with added Beaux-Arts detailing..
~1990 ftNE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Cathedral of St. Joseph, St. Joseph
10 min walk • The Cathedral of St. Joseph is a Catholic cathedral in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Along with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri it is the seat of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District?

Nearby attractions include German-American Bank Building, St. Joseph (1 min walk), Corby-Forsee Building, St. Joseph (3 min walk), Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building, St. Joseph (3 min walk), Central Police Station, St. Joseph (4 min walk).

How to get to St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District:

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Downtown Transit Center (5 min walk)