Mermod-Jaccard Building (Broadway and Locust)

The Mermod-Jaccard Building at the northwest corner of Broadway and Locust Streets was the second downtown home of St. Louis's most celebrated jewelry house, built after fire destroyed their longtime location at Fifth and Olive in December 1897. Larger and more prominent than its predecessor, the building was completed ca. 1899 and appeared in the Catalogue of the Annual Exhibition of the Saint Louis Architectural Club that year.

After the catastrophic December 1897 fire that destroyed the original Mermod-Jaccard Building at Fifth and Olive, the firm operated from temporary quarters before opening this new building at Broadway and Locust ca. 1899. The new location, across from the St. Louis Mercantile Library, kept the firm in the heart of the downtown commercial district. In 1901, Mermod & Jaccard acquired E. Jaccard Jewelry Company as well as Merrick, Walsh & Phelps; the consolidated firm was renamed Mermod, Jaccard & King in 1905. The company continued at this location for approximately two decades before the jewelry house closed.