title: Livestock Exchange Building (St. Joseph, Missouri)
text: # Livestock Exchange Building (St. Joseph, Missouri)
  
  Livestock Exchange Building is a historic commercial building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was designed by architect Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845–1934) and built in 1898–1899. It is a four-story, red brick and stone building with Neoclassical style ornamentation. Also on the property are two contributing multi-car garages and a loading platform. The building was once considered the crown jewel in the vast stockyards and packinghouses on the south side of St. $Joseph.^{:5}$
  
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
  
  