The midcentury modern Remington Rand Building in St. Louis’ Central West End was added to the National Register of Historic Places, effective May 5, according to an email Friday from the National Park Service.
The three-story building, designed by architect Gyo Obata with the HOK firm and built in 1957, is located at 4100 Lindell Blvd., one of the numerous alignments of Route 66 in St. Louis.
Remington Rand, which built early computers, commissioned HOK to design an office building there to boost the company’s Midwest presence, according to the National Register nomination document from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. It cost $500,000 to build.
According to an March 2014 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, developer Steve Smith is planning to convert the long-empty building for apartments and a bank. In 2009, CVS sought to buy the building and tear it down, but local preservationists scared off the drug-store chain.
(Image of the Remington Rand Building via Modern STL)