The Missouri Advisory Council, the state agency that reviews nominated buildings and sites for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, approved these 10 St. Louis buildings at their November 17 quarterly meeting in Jefferson City:

• American Brake Company Building at 1920 N. Broadway
• Carondelet School at 8221 Minnesota St.
• Falstaff Brewing Corporation, Plant No. 1 at 3644-3690 Forest Park Blvd.
• Koken Barbers’ Supply Company Historic District at Ohio, Texas, Sidney and Victor streets
• Laclede Gas Light Company Pumping Station G at 4401 Chouteau Ave.
• Robert E. Lee Hotel at 209 N. 18th St.
• Royal Tire Service, Inc., Building at 3229 Washington Ave.
• Steelcote Manufacturing Company Paint Factory at 801 Edwin
• United Shoe Manufacturing Company Building at 2200-08 Washington Ave.
• William Cuthbert Jones House at 3724 Olive St.

These 10 will be sent to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places at the National Park Service.

Michael Allen reports on his Ecology of Absence blog that the General American Life Insurance Company National Headquarters at 706 Market Street was tabled and the Ramsey Accessories Manufacturing Corporation building at 3693 Forest Park Boulevard failed by vote of 3-6.

The General American building is less than 50 years old, so exceptional significance must be proven for listing. Extensive stucco covers the historic features of the Ramsey building, and the council wants to see the stucco mostly removed before listing it. These two nominations are expected to be revised and considered at the next advisory council meeting in February 2007.