Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)

The Railway Exchange Building is an 84.4 m, 21-story high-rise office building in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1914 steel-frame building is in the Chicago school architectural style, and was designed by architect Mauran, Russell & Crowell. The building was the city's tallest when it opened, and remains the second-largest building in downtown St. Louis by interior area, with almost 1200000 ft2 of space.

The building was long home to the flagship store of the Famous-Barr chain of department stores &mdash; and the headquarters of its parent company May Department Stores &mdash; until Macy's purchased the brand; the store was rebranded as Macy's in 2006. Macy's sold the building in 2008 and closed the store in 2013.

In January 2017, Hudson Holdings, a National Historic Property Developer based in Delray Beach, Florida, purchased the building for $20 million.

The city of St. Louis was granted an emergency condemnation on 4 Jan 2023, and proceeded to kick out people who appeared to be squatting and board up the building.

Notable people

 * Marie Moentmann (1900-1974), worked at information desk.