The Buder Building (originally Missouri Pacific)
7th and Market Streets
Built: 1902
Architect: William A. Swasey
Status: demolished by implosion, 1984; site is now green space.

Like the neighboring Title Guaranty, the Buder was sacrificed in the early 1980s to clear a formal green space known as the Gateway Mall -- despite being healthily occupied, despite numerous local outcries, and despite sufficient architectural value to recieve endorsement from as noted a figure as architectural historian Vincent Scully, who called the Buder and its neighbors an ensemble of considerable architectural importance and merit.

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The Buder Building is just left of Old Court House dome; Title Guaranty opposite. Postcard view circa 1970.

Postcard view circa 1910 - click for larger image.