People’s Finance Building · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Mill Creek Valley; Images: Photographs, Pamphlets, Newspapers, and More; St. Louis Topic: Black-Owned Businesses

Title: People’s Finance Building
Description: The People’s Finance Building was the center of community and business in Mill Creek Valley. The building itself was the first commercial building constructed using black money. Institutions prominent to the local community were housed within the People’s Finance Building, such as the N.A.A.C.P., the St. Louis Argus newspaper, Colored Motion Picture Operators, as well as numerous doctors and lawyers. It even housed a ballroom, restaurant, and rooftop garden.
Subject: People’s Finance Building; Mill Creek Valley; N.A.A.C.P.; St. Louis Argus Newspaper; Colored Motion Picture Operators; Neighborhood History; St. Louis History; Black St. Louis History and Experience