The Mississippi Valley Trust Company

The Mississippi Valley Trust Company (HM1HVR)

Location: St. Louis, MO 63102
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 37.615', W 90° 11.293'

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The Mississippi Valley Trust Company was this 1896 building's first occupant. The Classical Revival facade was an attempt to express the company's conservatism and stability.

The Trust financed the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. By no coincidence the Fair's President David R. Francis was also a Trust director.

Francis is the only person in history to be both mayor of St. Louis and governor of Missouri. He was also U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

Francis lured Republicans to St. Louis for their 1896 national convention. "The atmosphere is not so humid in St. Louis as it is in New York," he assured them. Francis was a Democrat.
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HM NumberHM1HVR
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Placed ByRediscover Saint Louis
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Date Added Monday, November 17th, 2014 at 9:03am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 744772 N 4279127
Decimal Degrees38.62691667, -90.18821667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 37.615', W 90° 11.293'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 37' 36.9" N, 90° 11' 17.58" W
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Area Code(s)314, 618
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 201 N 4th St, St. Louis MO 63102, US
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