Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The history
411 Locust Street at Broadway, 1924, Mauran, Russell & Crowell — the head office of the Eighth Federal Reserve District, which covers parts of seven states from Arkansas to Indiana. A stripped classical block in Indiana limestone with the seals of the Reserve districts carved along the frieze and windows set deep behind grilles, because the building's real job is a vault. It has been the bank's home since the district was organised in 1914. The Economy Museum inside is free and open on weekdays; the bank also runs FRED, the economic database that every economist in the country uses.
In brief
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is one of the twelve regional Reserve Banks of the Federal Reserve System, serving the Eighth District — all of Arkansas and parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Its head office at 411 Locust Street was built in 1924 to designs by Mauran, Russell & Crowell. The bank is best known outside banking for FRED, the free economic-data service it has run since 1991, and it operates a public Economy Museum on the ground floor.
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