Corby-Forsee Building

5th and Felix Sts., St. Joseph, Missouri. County/parish: Buchanan.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 27, 1980. NRIS 80002317.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Corby Building

From Wikipedia:

Corby–Forsee Building

Corby–Forsee Building, also known as the Corby Building, is a historic commercial building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Eames & Young and built in 1910. It is a 12-story, reinforced concrete building faced with yellow brick and grey-buff terra cotta detailing at the first, second, eleventh and twelfth floor levels. A one-story addition was designed by the architecture firm of Eckel & Aldrich and constructed in 1927 to house the trade halls of the St. Joseph Grain Exchange.: 2–3 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located in the St. Joseph's Commerce and Banking Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63818403

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