MISSOURI’S MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES ANNOUNCED IN ST. JOSEPH MAY 30, 2012 Missouri Preservation announced its list of Most Endangered Historic Places on Wednesday May 30, 2012 at a press…Continue readingMissouri’s 2012 Most Endangered Historic Places
Statewide Due to increased suburbanization in Missouri, many inner-city schools have been closed due to dwindling enrollments. Between the state’s two largest urban districts alone – Kansas City and Saint…Continue readingSchool Buildings of Missouri
109 S. Main StreetClarktonDunklin County For more than 40 years this house was home to Charles and Bettie Birthright, former slaves who achieved economic independence and prosperity while building close…Continue readingCharles and Bettie Birthright Home
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
Kansas CityJackson County The Pouncey Building is a 1909 2-story brick commercial building in the heart of Kansas City’s 18th and Vine Jazz District. This is one of the few remaining…Continue readingThe Pouncey Building
