St. Louis Post-Dispatch Printing Building

A long, low Moderne block faced in smooth pale limestone, its front drawn out in horizontal bands. Three continuous ribbons of windows run the length of the upper floors between plain stone spandrels; the glass is now mostly reflective, with some panes turned milky. At the east end a tall vertical strip of glass rises above the entrance, which carries the TierPoint name. Most of the ground floor is a row of truck and loading bays set back behind square piers of dark granite, sheltered by a thin flat canopy with a ribbed metal edge, and dark granite lines the base. At the west end a recessed link joins the building to the 1917 Post-Dispatch office block on the Tucker corner. A granite panel beside the door is carved MAURAN RUSSELL CROWELL & MULLGARDT, ARCHITECTS, 1942.

The Post-Dispatch commissioned this press building in 1941 from Mauran, Russell, Crowell & Mullgardt, with William de Forrest Crowell as its principal designer and William C. E. Becker as engineer. It stands east of the 1917 Post-Dispatch office block at Twelfth and Olive, connected to it by a recessed bridge. A granite plate beside the entrance dates the design to 1942. The building was finished in 1943, but wartime shortages kept it from full use until 1948. The paper's television station, KSD-TV, moved its facilities into the building after going on the air in 1947, and the building is also known as the KSDK Building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It now houses a TierPoint data center.