C Century Building (P-70520) — Yale & Towne Antique Doorknob

CATALOG ID: P-70520

C Century Building

c century building century building post office courthouse st georgia bowerbarff bronze iron emblematic yale & towne 1890s

The Century Building opened in 1896 and occupied the block west of the Post Office and Courthouse in St. Louis. The building was clad in Georgia marble. The first floor hardware was bronze, upper floors had hardware of cast iron with Bower-Barff finish. The building was demolished in 2002 to build a parking garage. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information.

Specifications

School / Style

Emblematic

Manufacturer

Yale & Towne

Circa Dates

1896

Classification

Category P - P-700

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About this record

“C Century Building” (catalogue P-70520) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Single Letters) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Yale & Towne, circa 1896. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.

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