Caption: The Old Custom House, at 218 North Third Street, completed in 1859. It was the seat of federal power here during the Civil War and was the main federal building until the (Old) Post Office and Custom House, 815 Olive Street, was completed in 1884. The National Park Service put the Old Custom House on a short list of buildings considered for preservation, but there wasn't enough public outcry to save it. During the 1930s, it housed an Army recruiting station, the Works Progress Administration and other federal offices. It was razed in 1941. (Post-Dispatch)
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