BloomfieldSToddard County This house was constructed some time between 1845 and 1849 for Henry Miller, a civic leader and merchant who was prominent in the early swamp land reclamation movement…Continue readingThe Henry Miller House
Kansas CityJackson County In 1972 the City of Kansas City selected the Chicago architecture firm of C.F. Murphy Associates to design a state of the art arena on the groups…Continue readingKemper Arena
Villa RidgeFranklin County This Art Moderne restaurant building was constructed along historic Route 66 in 1950, replacing an earlier (1928) Diamonds Restaurant which had burned in 1949. In rebuilding the…Continue readingThe Diamonds Restaurant
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
Oak GroveSt. Louis County The Oak Grove Mausoleum and Chapel are located within the Oak Grove Cemetery. The mausoleum was designed by St. Louis Architect and Artist Tom P. Barnett…Continue readingOak Grove Mausoleum and Chapel
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
