W-O Office & Warehouse, St. Louis, Missouri

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="008005a0dkcfqa.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://willysdealershipproject.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://willysdealershipproject.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Willys Dealership Project</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>             Back to: </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Missouri"><U><B>Missouri</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Use your browser's Back button for best results</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> W-O Office & Warehouse</div> <div> 2300 Locust</div> <div> St. Louis, Missouri</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> I'm not exactly sure where this building fits in the history of Willys, but it is now on the National Register of Historic Places.  <A HREF="http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/may2000/commercial_real_estate.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archi"><U>St. Louis Commerce Magazine (May 2000) has more details about the conversion to office space.</U></A>  The 84-year-old building was identified as the former property of the Willys-Overland Company.  If written in 2000, that would place construction as 1916.  I have no idea how long the building was used in its original capacity.  See also a list of St. Louis buildings on the <A HREF="http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/planning/heritage/nationalsites.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/plan"><U>National Register of Historic Buildings</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sjicompanies.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sjicompanies.com/"><U>SJI Companies</U></A> has given the building a new lease on life.  After looking at their website, I'm still not sure exactly what they do, but you might want <A HREF="http://www.betterworkplacenow.com/bingo/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.betterworkplacenow.com/bingo/"><U>one of these</U></A> before entering.  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>