Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“The Cotton Belt Freight Depot is a former freight depot of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood of St.”
Wikipedia article Cotton Belt Freight Depot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cotton Belt Freight Depot between 2006 and 2011, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 79TH |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Cotton Belt Freight Depot: 45 past producers, 2 plants, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Cerro Copper Sauget Smelter | Copper | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Sauget Zinc Refinery | Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 4 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hypothetical Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Madison Plant | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Pfizer Inc. Mineral Pigments | Iron | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 3 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Fireclay No 2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Bambrick-Bates Const. Co Quarry 4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Louis Stamping Company Buildings | under 500 feet | 2009 |
| North Riverfront Industrial Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2003 | |
| North Broadway Wholesale and Warehouse District | 0.2 miles | 2010 | |
| Sligo Iron Store Co. Buildings | 0.3 miles | 2010 | |
| Federal Cold Storage Company Building | 0.4 miles | 2010 | |
 | Neighborhood Gardens Apartments | 0.5 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000344 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| St. Louis County | All 663 listed properties in this county. |
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