The Civil Courts Building is a landmark court used by the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri in Downtown St. Louis. The architects were Klipstein & Rathmann who featured Greek Revival architecture throughout the building.
The pyramid roof was designed to resemble the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world. It features 8 columns on each side.
The roof is cast aluminum with two 12 foot (3.7 m) Sphinx-like structures with the Fleur-de-Lys in Saint-Louis adorned on the chest. These Sphynx-like creatures were sculpted by Cleveland sculptor, Steven A. Rebeck.
The Civil Courts building in Downtown St. Louis
181m: One Metropolitan Square,42 floors, 1989
179m: One AT&T Center St. Louis 44 floors, 1986
170m: Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse, 28 floors, 2000
148m: US Bank Plaza, 35 floors, 1976
122m: Laclede Gas Building, 31 floors, 1969
122m: Southwestern Bell Building, 26 floors, 1926
118m: Civil Courts Building 13 floors, 1929
117m: 100 Above the Park, 36 floors, 2020
117m: Bank of America Plaza, 31 floors, 1981
114m: 600 Washington, 25 floors, 1985
101m: Park East Tower, 26 floors, 2007
???m: Council Tower Apartments, 27 floors, 1968
98m: Queeny Tower, 19 floors, 1965
98m: One Cardinal Way, 29 floors, 2020
95m: The Tower at OPOP, 25 floors, 2010
94m: Park Plaza Apartments, 27 floors, 1931
90m: 1010 Market Street, 20 floors, 1982
88m: Millennium Hotel, 28 floors, 1968
88m: Four Seasons Hotel, 19 floors, 2007
87m: Gentry’s Landing, 28 floors, 1965
87m: Mansion House Apartments, 28 floors, 1965