St. Joe Lead Company Administration Building, building in Missouri, United States
The St. Joe Lead Company Administration Building is a brick administrative structure in Bonne Terre, Missouri, completed in 1909. The two and a half-story structure features an H-shaped floor plan with pointed arch entrances and multi-colored brickwork that distinguishes its exterior.
The building was established in 1909 by the St. Joe Lead Company as its administrative headquarters and was central to the region's lead mining industry. In 1984 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its importance to local history.
The building carries the name of the St. Joe Lead Company, an enterprise that shaped economic development in Bonne Terre. Visitors can see today how this structure shows that even industrial buildings were constructed with style and careful design.
The building sits near the corner of Elm Street and School Street in downtown Bonne Terre and is easy to reach. The site is not open for regular tours, but visitors interested in history can view the exterior from the street and appreciate its architectural details.
The building displays unusually stylish Gothic architecture for an industrial structure, with pointed arches and decorative brickwork that set it apart from other early factory buildings. These design features suggest the company wanted its administrative headquarters to appear impressive, even though its purpose was purely functional.
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