Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse
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The Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse is the largest single courthouse in the United States.[citation needed] It is the main office of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. It was named after the U.S. Senator Thomas F. Eagleton.
The courthouse is 29 stories tall and covers 987,775 square feet. It is the fifth tallest habitable building in Missouri. It is found in downtown St. Louis. It is located at 111 South 10th Street. The exterior of the courthouse follows a classical tripartite scheme, a scheme that uses the split-level stacking concept. Its height is 170 meters, or 557 feet. The construction of the building was completed in 2000. The architects involved with the building were Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum and EDM Incorporated. The building cost $186,000,000 to build.
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