# Ely Walker Lofts

St. Louis, MO · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-215d12339c` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/mo/st-louis-ely-walker-lofts/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-215d12339c.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-215d12339c.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-215d12339c

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | housing | none |
| What is there now | residential apartments | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Ely Walker Lofts (originally known as the Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company Building) is a building located at 1520 Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1857, David Davis Walker, a member of the Bush family, arrived in St. Louis from Illinois. (Walker would become the great-grandfather of future president George H. W. Bush and first cousin of Supreme Court Justice and Independent U.S.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_Walker_Lofts

## Sources

- Ely Walker Lofts — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_Walker_Lofts

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Ely Walker Lofts, St. Louis, MO." Record n-215d12339c, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/mo/st-louis-ely-walker-lofts/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_stlouiselywalkerlofts,
  title = {Ely Walker Lofts, St. Louis, MO},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/mo/st-louis-ely-walker-lofts/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-215d12339c, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.