Building Services

Call or email the Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction "Trouble Call Hotline" at (573) 751-2624 or email us at FMDCTenantRequests@oa.mo.gov for maintenance or housekeeping issues.

Smoking Area

Building Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday Only, Archives Reading Room: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday Only, Archives Reading Room: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Dock Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
(Closed on State Holidays)

Building Sq. Ft.: 193,751

Number of Floors : 4

Year Building: 1991

James C Kirkpatrick State
Information Center
600 West Main Street
Jefferson City, Missouri
Building Manager: Steve Wagner

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Historical Information

With its combination of precast panels to match its Statehouse neighbor to the east, and its practical red brick to compliment the traditional city neighborhoods to the west, the Kirkpatrick State Information Center encompasses the very diversity of the materials and operations it houses and stores.

Located two blocks from the Capitol at the corner of Bolivar and West Main Streets, the newly-constructed facility is home to the offices of the Secretary of State including the Records and Archives centers, the State Library and the Wolfner Library for the visually impaired. Approximately 200 employees work at the 190,000 square-foot facility.

Built around the historic former Richmond Hill Building, the state-of-the-art center contains three stacked levels of office space wrapped around an interior atrium. The main entrance is through a colonnade on the ground level. Approximately one-third of the building provides stack and storage requirements of the State Library, the Records and Archives Centers, and Micrographics.

Most interesting and important is the fact that the State Information Center is climate-controlled to help to protect and preserve valuable and historical state documents, such as old Spanish land grants from the late 1700s and other papers dating back to 1764.

The Records and Archives Centers were previously located in rental property on Industrial Drive that was unsuitable for proper storage of the state's critical state documents and microfilm. The humidity and temperature inside that building could not be properly controlled as warranted for document preservation and caused the rapid aging of many of the state's paper and microfilm documents.

The Secretary of State's offices, including Administrative Rules, Commissions, Corporations, Elections, Publications, Securities and Uniform Commercial Code were located in the Harry S Truman State Office Building. The State Library and Wolfner Library were housed in temporary quarters at the corner of Dix Road and Missouri Boulevard.

The concept of a State Information Center was the result of a six month study which explored the quality and efficiency of the existing facilities. The study revealed that employees of the Secretary of State spent time commuting between the Truman Building and the Records and Archives Centers in order to perform their jobs. The general public also had to travel from one building to another to research and gather legislative, historical or commercial information.

In 1987, the Missouri General Assembly appropriated $20 million from revenue bonds and general revenue to build the three-story structure. Construction began in September of 1988 and was completed in August of 1991 by J. C. Industries, Inc., of Jefferson City, under the management of the Missouri Division of Design and Construction. Booker Associates, Inc., in conjunction with Leo A. Daly, two St. Louis firms, provided the architectural and engineering expertise for the project.

The Kirkpatrick State Information Center provides a modern environment for essential state services, and answers the need for a centralized and protective structure to house the majority of our state's books, records and documentary heritage.