NewburgPhelps County Originally named The Community Theater, the Lyric opened in 1919, exclusively offering live performances then switched to a combination of live theater and movies before it closed in…Continue readingThe Lyric Live Theater
St. Louis City The American Automobile Association or AAA Building is an oval-shaped mid-century modern building in a modern classical style referred to as New Formalist. Designed by architect W.A.…Continue readingThe AAA Building
St. JosephBuchanan County This Italianate style home was built in 1882 just a few blocks north of Frank Sommer’s bakery. The saltine cracker is known to have been created at…Continue readingThe Frank L. Sommer “Cracker” House
DelmoPemiscot County The Delmo Community Center is located in the tiny community of Homestown in the Missouri boot heel. It is a utilitarian style frame building clad in clapboard siding,…Continue readingDelmo Community Center
LexingtonLafayette County Constructed in 1870, this stately Romanesque style building was once home to the largest African-American religious congregation in Lafayette County. Through the years the enrollment declined, the church…Continue readingZion African Methodist Episcopal Church
CharlestonMississippi County The red brick and terra cotta Russell Hotel was built in 1917 by Congressman Joseph J. Russell at a cost of $50,000.00. This three-story block on a raised…Continue readingThe Russell Hotel
