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NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS MISSOURI
FINDING AID
United States Customhouse & Post Office, St. Louis Independent City, 68000053
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National Park Service
Intermountain Region Museum Services Program
Tucson, Arizona
January 2016
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri
Scope and Content Note:
National Historic Landmarks (NHL) are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who guide the nomination process for new Landmarks and provide assistance to existing Landmarks. - From the National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks page: http://www.nps.gov/nhl/ The NHL records from Missouri are comprised of nomination forms, photographs, maps, correspondence, memorandums, and ephemera which document the efforts of the NHL Program to designate historically significant places in Missouri.
Arrangement:
The NHL records are arranged alphabetically by place name. Within the physical files, researchers will find the records arranged in the following way: Most Recent Nomination Form, Photographs, Maps, Past Nomination Forms, Correspondence, and then Research documentation.
Extent:
The NHL records for Missouri total 3 Linear Feet.
Processing:
The National Historic Landmark records for Missouri were processed and cataloged at the
Intermountain Region Museum Services Center by Leslie Matthaei, Jessica Peters, Ryan Murray,
Caitlin Godlewski, Clayton Skaggs, and Jennifer Newby.
Associated Material:
The NHL listing records exist in conjunction with the National Register of Historic Places records.
Researchers may benefit from accessing these associated bodies of records for Missouri:
National Register of Historic Places – Multiple Property Submission – Missouri
o A listing of properties tied together by a single theme, concept, or context
National Register of Historic Places – Single Property Listings – Missouri
o A county-by-county listing of individual properties
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Anheuser-Busch Brewery 5
Arrow Rock 6
Bingham, George Caleb, House 7
Bolduc, Louis, House 8
Carrington Osage Village Sites (Restricted) 9
Christ Church Cathedral 10
Clark, "Champ", House 11
Erlanger, Joseph, House 12
Field House 13
Fort Osage 14
Gateway Arch 15
Graham Cave 16
Joplin, Scott, Residence 17
Liberty Memorial 18
Missouri Botanical Garden 19
Mutual Musicians Association Building 20
Patee House 21
Pershing, General John J., Boyhood Home 22
Research Cave (Restricted) 23
Sanborn Field and Soil Erosion Plots 24
Shelley House 25
Ste. Genevieve Historic District 26
Tower Grove Park 27
Truman, Harry S., Farm Home 28
Twain, Mark, Boyhood Home 29
Union Station 30
United States Customhouse and Post Office 31
Utz Site (Restricted) 32
Wainwright Building 33
Washington University, Hilltop Campus Historic District 34
Watkins Mill 35
Westminster College Gymnasium 36
White Haven 37
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, House 38
National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 5
Resource Name: Anheuser-Busch Brewery
Reference Number: 66000945
Address: 721 Pestalozzi
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 11/13/1966
Period of Significance: 1800-1899; 1900-
Significant Dates: 1875-
Areas of Significance: Industry
Architectural Classification(s): Romanesque
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 6
Resource Name: Arrow Rock
Reference Number: 66000422
Address: Arrow Rock State Park
City or Town: Arrow Rock
County: Saline
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 05/23/1963
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1817-1860
Areas of Significance: Exploration/Settlement
Theme/Historic Context: Westward Expansion-Santa Fe Trail
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 7
Resource Name: Bingham, George Caleb, House
Reference Number: 66000423
Address: Arrow Rock State Park
City or Town: Arrow Rock
County: Saline
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/21/1965
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1837
Areas of Significance: Art
Architectural Classification(s): Federal
Architect and/or Builder: Bingham, George Caleb
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 8
Resource Name: Bolduc, Louis, House
Reference Number: 69000305
Address: 123 South Main Street
City or Town: Ste. Genevieve
County: Ste. Genevieve
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 04/15/1970
Period of Significance: 1700-1799
Significant Dates: 1785
Areas of Significance: Architecture; Exploration/Settlement
Theme/Historic Context: French Exploration and Settlement-Mississippi
Architectural Classification(s): French Colonial
Architect and/or Builder: Unknown
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 9
RESTRICTED
Resource Name: Carrington Osage Village Sites
Alternate Name: Site #23VE1
Reference Number: 66000425
Address: Address Restricted
City or Town: Horton
County: Vernon
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 07/19/1964
Period of Significance: 1700-1799; 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1775-1825
Areas of Significance: Archeology: Historic
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 10
Resource Name: Christ Church Cathedral
Reference Number: 90000345
Address: 1210 Locust Street
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 10/12/1994
Period of Significance: 1859-1928
Significant Dates: 1859; 1867; 1893-1895; 1912; 1928
Areas of Significance: Architecture
Theme/Historic Context: Architecture-Gothic Revival-High Victorian Gothic
Architectural Classification(s): Gothic
Architect and/or Builder: Eiditz, Leopold; Legg, Jerome B.; Tully, Kivas; Jamieson and Spearl
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 11
Resource Name: Clark, "Champ", House
Alternate Name: Clark, James Beauchamp "Champ", House; "Honey Shuck"
Reference Number: 76001114
Address: 204 East Champ Clark Drive
City or Town: Bowling Green
County: Pike
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/08/1976
Period of Significance: 1900-
Significant Dates: 1899-1921
Areas of Significance: Politics/Government
Architect and/or Builder: Unknown
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Resource Name: Erlanger, Joseph, House
Alternate Name: 5127 Waterman Boulevard
Reference Number: 76002234
Address: 5127 Waterman Boulevard
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/08/1976
Period of Significance: 1900-
Significant Dates: 1917-1965
Areas of Significance: Science
Theme/Historic Context: Americans at Work-Science and Invention
Architect and/or Builder: Unknown
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 13
Resource Name: Field House
Alternate Name: Field, Eugene, House
Reference Number: 75002137
Address: 634 South Broadway
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 03/29/2007
Period of Significance: 1853-1857
Significant Dates: 04/1854; 03/06/1857
Areas of Significance: Law; Politics and Government
Theme/Historic Context: Shaping the Political Landscape-Political Ideas, Cultures, and Theories; Political
and Military Affairs, 1783-1860-The Rise of Sectionalism, 1840-1859; The Law-The Development of
Principles in the Legal Specialties; The Law-Scholars, Judges, and Lawyers
Architectural Classification(s): Greek Revival
Architect and/or Builder: Unknown
Significant Person(s): Field, Roswell
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 14
Resource Name: Fort Osage
Reference Number: 66000418
Address: Fort Osage Park
City or Town: Sibley
County: Jackson
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 11/05/1961
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1808-1822
Areas of Significance: Archeology: Prehistoric; Archeology: Historic; Commerce
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 15
Resource Name: Gateway Arch
Alternate Name: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Gateway Arch; "The Arch"
Reference Number: 87001423
Address: Memorial Drive between Poplar Street and Eads Bridges
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 05/28/1987
Period of Significance: 1900-
Significant Dates: 1947-
Areas of Significance: Architecture; Community Planning; Engineering
Theme/Historic Context: Architecture in the Parks
Architect and/or Builder: Saarinen, Eero
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 16
Resource Name: Graham Cave
Alternate Name: Site #23-MT-2; Graham Cave State Park
Reference Number: 66000420
Address: North side of Interstate 70, on State Route TT in Graham Cave State Park
City or Town: Mineola
County: Montgomery
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 01/20/1961
Period of Significance: Prehistoric
Significant Dates: 8000 BCE-1200 CE
Areas of Significance: Archeology: Prehistoric
Theme/Historic Context: The Original Inhabitants-The Earliest Americans
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 17
Resource Name: Joplin, Scott, Residence
Reference Number: 76002235
Address: 2658-A Morgan
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/08/1976
Period of Significance: 1800-1899; 1900-
Significant Dates: 1868-1917; 1900-1903
Areas of Significance: Music; Afro-American History
Theme/Historic Context: Contemplative Society-Literature, Drama, Music
Architectural Classification(s): Early Victorian
Architect and/or Builder: Unknown
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 18
Resource Name: Liberty Memorial
Reference Number: 00001148
Address: 100 West 26th Street
City or Town: Kansas City
County: Jackson
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 09/20/2006
Period of Significance: 1923-1938
Significant Dates: 1923; 1938
Areas of Significance: Social History; Architecture; Landscape Architecture; Art
Theme/Historic Context: Expressing Cultural Values-Popular and Traditional Culture; Social and
Humanitarian Movements
Architectural Classification(s): Beaux Arts
Architect and/or Builder: Magonigle, Harold Van Buren; Westlake Construction Company; Hool and
Johnson; Wight and Wight; Olmsted Brothers; Kessler, George E.; Hare, Sidney J.; Hare, S. Herbert;
Gallagher, Percival; Aitken, Robert; Amateis, Edmund; Hancock, Walter; Bircsak, Edgar; Taglibue, Angelo;
Polachek, John; Jenkins, F. Lynn; Hancock, Walker; Guerin, Jules; Brinley, D. Putnam; MacMorris, Danie;
Carrier-Belleuse, Pierre; Gourguet, Auguste-François; Delk, Edward Buehler; Sterling Bronze Company
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 19
Resource Name: Missouri Botanical Garden
Reference Number: 71001065
Address: 2345 Tower Grove Avenue
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/08/1976
Period of Significance: 1800-1899; 1900-
Significant Dates: 1859-
Areas of Significance: Architecture; Landscape Architecture; Science
Theme/Historic Context: Americans at Work-Science and Invention
Architectural Classification(s):
Architect and/or Builder: Shaw, Henry; Barnett, George I.; Barnett and Weber; Greenleaf, Eugene L.;
Olmsted, Frederick Law; Olmsted, John Charles; Mauran, Russell, and Garden; Noyes, John; Jamieson
and Spearle; Layton, Emmet; Mackey and Murphy; Layton, Layton, and Rohrbach; Dingwall, Robert
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 20
Resource Name: Mutual Musicians Association Building
Alternate Name: Musician Association Building, Local No. 627; American Federation of Musicians;
Mutual Musician's Foundation Building
Reference Number: 79001372
Address: 1823 Highland Avenue
City or Town: Kansas City
County: Jackson
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/21/1981
Period of Significance: 1900-
Significant Dates: 1920s-1940s
Areas of Significance: Music
Theme/Historic Context: The Contemplative Society-Music
Architect and/or Builder: Markgraf, Rudolf
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 21
Resource Name: Patee House
Alternate Name: Patee House Museum
Reference Number: 66000414
Address: 12th and Penn Streets
City or Town: St. Joseph
County: Buchanan
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 11/05/1961
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1860
Areas of Significance: Communications
Theme/Historic Context: Communication-Physical
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 22
Resource Name: Pershing, General John J., Boyhood Home
Reference Number: 69000111
Address: Corner of Worlow and State Streets
City or Town: Laclede
County: Linn
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 05/11/1976
Period of Significance: 1800-1899; 1900-
Significant Dates: 1866-circa 1880
Areas of Significance: Military
Architect and/or Builder: Unknown
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Resource Name: Research Cave
Alternate Name: Saltpeter Cave; Site #23-Cy-64
Reference Number: 66000415
Address: Address Restricted
City or Town: Portland
County: Callaway
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 07/19/1964
Period of Significance: 6999 BCE-1900 CE
Areas of Significance: Archeology: Prehistoric
Theme/Historic Context: Prehistoric Hunters and Gatherers
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 24
Resource Name: Sanborn Field and Soil Erosion Plots
Reference Number: 66000413
Address: College Avenue between Bouchelle and Rollins Avenues
City or Town: Columbia
County: Boone
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 07/19/1964
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1888-
Areas of Significance: Agriculture; Science
Theme/Historic Context: America at Work-Science and Invention-Agriculture
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 25
Resource Name: Shelley House
Alternate Name: Shelley, J.D. and E., House; Shelley v. Kraemer House
Reference Number: 88000437
Address: 4600 Labadie Avenue
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/14/1990
Period of Significance: 1948-1961
Significant Dates: 05/03/1948
Areas of Significance: Law; Ethnic Heritage
Theme/Historic Context: The Law-The Development of Principles in the Legal Specialties; American Ways
of Life-Ethnic Communities: African-American History; Social and Humanitarian Movements-Civil Rights
Movements
Architectural Classification(s): Two Family Flat
Architect and/or Builder: Miller, H.C.
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 26
Resource Name: Ste. Genevieve Historic District
Reference Number: 66000892
Address: Unknown Address
City or Town: Ste. Genevieve
County: Ste. Genevieve
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 10/09/1960
Period of Significance: 1700-1799; 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1750; 1803
Areas of Significance: Exploration/Settlement; Architecture
Theme/Historic Context: French Exploration and Settlement
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 27
Resource Name: Tower Grove Park
Reference Number: 72001556
Address: 4255 Arsenal Street
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/20/1989
Period of Significance: 1868-1889
Significant Dates: 1868
Areas of Significance: Architecture; Landscape Architecture
Theme/Historic Context: Architecture; Landscape Architecture
Architectural Classification(s): Italianate; Italian Villa; Gothic Revival; Exotic Revival; Classical Revival
Architect and/or Builder: Greenleaf, Eugene L.; Thiele, Henry; Barnett, George I.
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 28
Resource Name: Truman, Harry S., Farm Home
Alternate Name: Young, Solomon, Farm; Truman Farm
Reference Number: 78001650
Address: 12301 Blue Ridge Boulevard Extension
City or Town: Grandview
County: Jackson
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 02/04/1985
Period of Significance: 1800-1899; 1900-
Significant Dates: 1867-
Areas of Significance: Politics/Government
Architectural Classification(s): Vernacular
Architect and/or Builder: Young, Solomon; Young, Harriet Louisa Gregg
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 29
Resource Name: Twain, Mark, Boyhood Home
Alternate Name: Clemens, Samuel, Boyhood Home
Reference Number: 66000419
Address: 206-208 Hill Street
City or Town: Hannibal
County: Marion
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/29/1962
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1844-1853
Areas of Significance: Literature
Theme/Historic Context: The Contemplative Society-Fiction
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 30
Resource Name: Union Station
Alternate Name: St. Louis Union Station and Trainshed
Reference Number: 70000888
Address: 1820 Market Street (south side of Market between 18th and 20th Streets)
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/30/1970
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Areas of Significance: Architecture; Engineering; Transportation
Architectural Classification(s): Romanesque
Architect and/or Builder: Link, Theodore C.
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 31
Resource Name: United States Customhouse and Post Office
Alternate Name: Old Post Office
Reference Number: 68000053
Address: Eighth and Olive Streets
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 12/30/1970
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Areas of Significance: Architecture
Architectural Classification(s): French Second Empire
Architect and/or Builder: Mullett, Alfred B.
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 32
RESTRICTED
Resource Name: Utz Site
Alternate Name: Site #23SA2
Reference Number: 66000424
Address: Address Restricted
City or Town: Miami vicinity
County: Saline
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 07/19/1964
Period of Significance: 1400-1499; 1500-1599; 1600-1699; 1700-1799
Significant Dates: Circa 1400-Late 1700s; 1650-1728
Areas of Significance: Archeology: Prehistoric; Archeology: Historic
Theme/Historic Context: The Original Inhabitants-Indian Meets European
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 33
Resource Name: Wainwright Building
Reference Number: 68000054
Address: 709 Chestnut Street
City or Town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis Independent City
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 05/23/1968
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1890-1891
Areas of Significance: Architecture
Theme/Historic Context: Architecture-Early Modern-Commercial/Industrial
Architect and/or Builder: Sullivan, Louis
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 34
Resource Name: Washington University, Hilltop Campus Historic District
Alternate Name: Site of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and Third Olympic Games (1904)
Reference Number: 79003636
Address: Lindell and Skinner Boulevards
City or Town: St. Louis vicinity
County: St. Louis
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 02/27/1987
Period of Significance: 1900-
Significant Dates: 1904
Areas of Significance: Recreation (World's Fair and Olympic Games)
Architectural Classification(s): Collegiate Gothic
Architect and/or Builder: Cope, Walter; Stewardson, John; Stewardson, Emlyn; Jamieson, James P.;
Spearl, George; Cann, Frank M.; Corrubia, Angelo
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 35
Resource Name: Watkins Mill
Reference Number: 66000416
Address: 6 miles northwest of Excelsior Springs in Watkins Mill
City or Town: Excelsior
County: Clay
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 11/13/1966
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1860-1886
Areas of Significance: Industry
Theme/Historic Context: Commerce and Industry
Architect and/or Builder: Watkins, Waltus; Unknown
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 36
Resource Name: Westminster College Gymnasium
Reference Number: 68000030
Address: Westminster Avenue
City or Town: Fulton
County: Callaway
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 05/02/1968
Period of Significance: 1900-
Significant Dates: 03/05/1946
Areas of Significance: Politics/Government
Theme/Historic Context: Political and Military Affairs After 1914-America Assumes World Leadership -
1940
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 37
Resource Name: White Haven
Alternate Name: Grant-Dent House
Reference Number: 79003205
Address: 9060 Whitehaven Drive
City or Town: Grantwood Village
County: St. Louis
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 06/23/1986
Period of Significance: 1800-1899
Significant Dates: 1808; 1843-1885
Areas of Significance: Exploration/Settlement; Military; Politics/Government
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National Historic Landmarks – Missouri 38
Resource Name: Wilder, Laura Ingalls, House
Alternate Name: Rocky Ridge Farm
Reference Number: 70000353
Address: One mile east of Mansfield on US Business Route 60
City or Town: Mansfield
County: Wright
State: Missouri
Designation Date: 07/17/1991
Period of Significance: 1932-1943
Significant Dates: 1932
Areas of Significance: Literature
Theme/Historic Context: Literature-Fiction-Novel
Architectural Classification(s): Bungalow/Craftsman
Architect and/or Builder: Wilder, Almanzo; Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Significant Person(s): Widler, Laura Ingalls
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