The Wainwright Building is a 10-story red-brick landmark office building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Built in 1891 and designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, it is among the first skyscrapers in the world. Sullivan used a steel frame and applied his intricate terra cotta ornament in vertical bands to emphasize the height of the building. After a period of neglect, the building now houses Missouri state offices and is well maintained.

It's named for local financier Ellis Wainwright; Sullivan also designed the Wainwright Tomb in St. Louis's Bellefontaine Cemetery for his wife Charlotte Dickson Wainwright.

External links

• Images and architectural information
• projectchicago.org entry: St. Louis' Wainwright Building

American architecture | Buildings and structures in St. Louis | Skyscrapers in the United States | Louis Sullivan buildings