page_title: Vesper-Buick Auto Company Building
hierarchical_section_title: Vesper-Buick Auto Company Building
caption_attribution_description: From the Vesper Buick (VB) Dealership demolished in 1993. Made at the Winkle terra cotta works on Manchester Ave. At the Architecture Museum on the third floor of the City Museum, St, Louis, MO.
context_page_description: The Vesper-Buick Auto Company Building, at 3900-3912 W. Pine in St. Louis, Missouri, was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
  It was designed by architect Preston J. Bradshaw. It was deemed notable as "one of St. Louis' best commercial examples of Spanish Colonial Revival, a style infrequently found in the city. The building features a stucco exterior, tile parapet, decorative metal grillwork and a lavish display of terra cotta ornament."
  The building was demolished in 1995.
context_section_description: The Vesper-Buick Auto Company Building, at 3900-3912 W. Pine in St. Louis, Missouri, was built in 1927.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
  It was designed by architect Preston J. Bradshaw.  It was deemed notable as "one of St. Louis' best commercial examples of Spanish Colonial Revival, a style infrequently found in the city. The building features a stucco exterior, tile parapet, decorative metal grillwork and a lavish display of terra cotta ornament."
  The building was demolished in 1995.
caption: Terracotta cornice from the Vesper-Buick Auto Company Building on display at the Architecture Museum on the third floor of the City Museum
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