The story
The building at 401 Pine Street was built in 1896 as a two-story building for the Mississippi Valley Trust Company. Eames & Young designed it in the Beaux-Arts style. The bank financed transportation and communication networks in the St. Louis region and supported the St. Louis World's Fair. The city lists it as City Landmark #94.
The bank later merged with Mercantile Bank and Trust, and was acquired by Mercantile Bancorporation, then Firstar, and eventually U.S. Bancorp. The building stood vacant through most of the 1930s and once housed an aircraft company, then operated as a restaurant and a medical clinic.
TechArtista took over the coworking space from Covo at the start of 2020. Trust is in that space, open to members and non-members, and reopened in 2022 after an almost two-year hiatus. The bar is described as an homage to the building's origins.
What's There Now
Trust, a coffee and cocktail bar inside the TechArtista coworking space at 401 Pine.
Everything that was here
- 2017–present · still open
TrustBar
Trust, a coffee and cocktail bar, sits inside a Beaux-Arts bank building completed in 1896 for the Mississippi Valley Trust Company.
See the map in 2018 → - 1921–1933
Trust Company Speakeasy (alleged)Speakeasy
According to local legend, a popular speakeasy operated in the basement, supplied by Capone's network.
See the map in 1922 → - 1896–1933
Mississippi Valley Trust CompanyBank
One of St. Louis's most prestigious banks; financed the 1904 World's Fair.
See the map in 1897 →
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Connected places
Eastern State Penitentiary
Margie's Candies
Riviera Roadhouse
Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
The Ivanhoe Restaurant
The Blackstone Hotel
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Nearby history
Macy's
Magnolia Hotel St. Louis
F.W. Woolworth Company
Mercantile Exchange
Famous-Barr (Railway Exchange Building)
National Blues Museum
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