- City:
- St. Louis, MO
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Civic Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities, Hospitals and Clinics
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1940
- Contractor:
- Albert Osburg
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This free-standing laundry facility was completed in 1940 to service the St. Louis City Hospital complex, including the City Hospital, Malcolm Bliss Psychopathologic Institute, and clinic. It was funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA).
The laundry is a red brick building in the Georgian style and is along the same style as the original City Hospital Building. City Hospital, which closed its doors in 1985.
In 2008 the building was repurposed as a private event space, retaining the building’s original architectural features.
Source notes
https://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/01000036.pdf
https://www.missourilife.com/travel/insanely-raw/
https://www.palladium-stl.com/palHistory.html
Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on November 18, 2014.
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