The United States Court House and Custom House is a courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. It was designed by architectural partnership of Mauran, Russell & Crowell, and was completed in 1935. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri met at this building until 2001, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit met here until 2000. It is now in use by Missouri state courts.
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