St. Clair in Franklin County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

International Shoe Company Building

160 North Main Street

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 23, 2019

1. International Shoe Company Building Marker

Inscription. This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 38° 20.934′ N, 90° 58.836′ W. Marker is in St. Clair, Missouri, in Franklin County. It is on North Main Street (State Highway 47) south of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 160 North Main Street, Saint Clair MO 63077, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Panhorst Feed Store (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); POW - MIA (approx. 0.7 miles away); Korean War Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Franklin County Vietnam Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Veterans Memorial Benches (approx. ¾ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); POW & MIA Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Clair.

Also see . . .
1. International Shoe Company Building. Wikipedia article (Submitted on April 29, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

2. International Shoe Building. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form from the Missouri State Parks site
Summary from the form on page 5:

The International Shoe Company Building, located at 160 N. Main Street, St. Clair, Franklin County, is a three-story, irregular shaped building with a flat asphalt roof. Although constructed at one time, the building consists of three sections: a long, rectangular section which
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 23, 2019

2. International Shoe Company Building Marker
extends east-west forms the northernmost section; the central section housed the main entrance and offices; and a third section extends from the southeast elevation of this central section. A four-story elevator tower is attached to the front (west) elevation. The building was constructed in 1922. Second and third floors were added onto the original one floor section of the southeast (rear) portion of the building in 1939. The extreme southeastern section, which housed the heating plant, remained one-story. The load bearing brick walls are laid in a common bond variant and rest on a cast concrete foundation. Despite the addition of a one-story, three-bay galvanized metal loading dock in 1982 on the south elevation of the northern section, the International Shoe Company Building retains sufficient physical characteristics to convey integrity of workmanship, materials, and design, in addition to its integrity of location and setting.

(Submitted on July 7, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 23, 2019

3. International Shoe Company Building Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,111 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 29, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.