Greetings! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season as we prepare for the new year. This past year, Missouri Preservation has been working diligently on our new and…Continue readingA Message from Our President
Sikeston, MissouriScott County When Southeast Missouri farmers began planting cotton in the 1920s, many African American families seeking jobs moved north. Those that settled in Sikeston were soon segregated into…Continue readingLincoln Junior High School
St. Joseph, MissouriBuchanan County Located in Saint Joseph’s Patee Town National Register Historic District, the R. L. McDonald Manufacturing Company Warehouse at 1122 Penn Street stands as a reminder of…Continue readingR. L. McDonald Manufacturing Co. Warehouse
St. Peters, MissouriSt. Charles, County All that remains of the original John Gue Homestead at 115 Main Street is a small smokehouse. It was built in 1830 and utilized by…Continue readingOld Smokehouse
Lee’s Summit, MissouriJackson County With three-foot exterior walls of coursed limestone, the Ice House at 203 SE Green Street is a unique example of utilitarian commercial architecture from the late…Continue reading1896 Ice House
Joplin, MissouriJasper County Joplin’s Carnegie Library is one of the earliest libraries in Missouri to be funded by the eminent philanthropist. The library movement in Joplin began as early as…Continue readingJoplin Carnegie Library
