State Historic
Preservation Office
- National Register
- National Register Eligibility Assessment
- Courthouse Grants
- Tax Credits
- Archaeology
- Certified Local Governments
- History and Heritage
- Grants
- Section 106 Review
- Survey and Inventory
- Technical Assistance
- Commissions and Boards
- Report an Environmental Problem
Photo: Kris Zapalac, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office.
The passage of the bill creating Missouri's 25 percent state historic rehabilitation tax credits in 1997 literally halted the demolition of the International Fur Exchange Building, located across from the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis. The conversion of the Fur Exchange into the Drury Plaza began an ongoing boom for rehabilitating buildings in St. Louis' historic downtown for use as hotels.
