ShermanSt. Louis County The land on which the Kaes house sits was part of a Spanish land grant to Samuel Pruitt, who was one of the first English-speaking settlers west…Continue readingThe Phillip Kaes House
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
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
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
Kansas CityJackson County Wheatley-Provident Hospital is the sole surviving hospital building in Kansas City that was established for and run by the African-American community during the period of 1902 to…Continue readingWheatley-Provident Hospital
