From the St. Louis County Directory (1893). The image is derived from an advertisement for a city business, the A.F. Shepleigh Hardware Company. The building was located at the northwest corner of Washington Avenue and 4th Street, which is now occupied by a Hampton Inn parking garage. Interestingly, Shepleigh Hardware carried not only the usual tools, but also guns, pistols, ammunition and sporting goods.
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I think the narrative description is in error . This drawing is of the old Boatmens' Bank which housed the Mo. Athletic Club
on upper floors until a deadly fire destroyed the whole building . The corner of Fourth and Washington is the rebuilt MAC
with rear additions - a fine fireproof building , not a parking garage . Just hoping to help and clarify .
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