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Third Street, Louisiana, Missouri
Third Street is the main north-south corridor in Louisiana, Missouri, heading up to the bridge that crosses over the Mississippi River. The bridge was actually just replaced in the last year or so,...
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Main Street, Louisiana, Missouri
The beautiful architecture continues, and quiet descends on Main Street, one block east of Third Street (seriously, the lack of mufflers on the trucks in Louisiana is a serious detractor from quality...
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Salem, Dent County
The Dent County Courthouse in Salem is one of the more interesting courthouses in Missouri, and I can’t help but notice that it looks like a Second Empire house. I even remember my time in Washington,...
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Route 19 Bridge Over Round Spring, Shannon County
Built in 1930 by C. F. Johnson & Son, this span is also known as the Spring Valley Bridge, according to Bridgehunter.com. It is interesting to think that even though it was built in the Twentieth...
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Alley Spring Mill, Shannon County
Dating from 1893, Alley Spring Mill, or just Alley Mill, is one of the most picturesque places that I have found in Missouri. Deep in the woods of the southern part of the state in Shannon County, it...
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Tower Rock
We made it out to Tower Rock, and it was worth making the trek down to the rural corner of southeast Missouri where it’s located. Alfred R. Waud, Grand-Tower Rock, Below St. Louis, 1874, wood cut...
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Bolivar, Polk County
We visited Bolivar in Polk County, both of which were indirectly named after two famous people. Bolivar was named after a city of the same name in Tennessee where many early settlers came from, which...
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St. Agnes Roman Catholic Cathedral, Springfield
The Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau is a bit of a different Roman Catholic diocese in that it stretches clear across the southern third of the state of Missouri, and has two co-cathedrals, one...
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East Walnut Avenue, West of National Avenue, Springfield
Comprising of 153 contributing structures, the East Walnut Street Historic District, like many cities, is one long thoroughfare that chronicles the passage of time and the development of American...
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East Walnut Avenue, East of National Avenue, Springfield
East of National Avenue, the architecture of East Walnut Avenue progresses as one would expect in the course of the Twentieth Century, with revival styles predominating. It should be pointed out that...
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Former Museum of the Ozarks
“Uh, it doesn’t look like it’s open anymore,” I dryly remarked as we pulled up in front of the Bentley House, constructed in 1892. While there is a deteriorating asphalt parking lot around the side of...
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Downtown Springfield
Aerial View of Public Square Area, Springfield, The State Historical Society of Missouri, P0032 Downtown Springfield is dominated by a public square at the intersection of two major cross streets....
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Commercial Street, South Side, Springfield
Commercial St. Looking East, Arthur Richard Hill Photographs, The State Historical Society of Missouri, SP0067-f007-065 Heading north, we find the Commercial Street Historic District. I was confused...
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Commercial Street, North Side, Springfield
Commercial St. Looking East, Arthur Richard Hill Photographs, The State Historical Society of Missouri, SP0067-f007-065 You can read about some of the history of the Commercial Street Historic...
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The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, Fulton, Exterior
I was digging around in the vault and found some old photos of the time we visited Fulton, Missouri, and saw the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, which is not an everyday occurrence. On...
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The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, Fulton, Interior
The interior of the church is much simpler, more sparse than your average Baroque space, reflecting a more classical vein of Seventeenth Century architecture. Of course, the Anglican Church also...
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Dry Goods Store, Hannibal
I researched the original purpose of this fascinating building, and as far as I could tell, it operated as a dry goods store. It is very old, regardless, built of rubble wall construction. It went...
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Two Midwestern Towns, 500 Miles Apart
The town of Rushville, Indiana, possesses one of the more exceptional courthouses out in the country that I’ve seen in awhile. Built in 1896, it still sports its central clocktower, which sometimes is...
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Washington, At Night
I was giving a lecture out in Washington, Missouri, and I had some time to kill so I walked around the downtown, taking some pictures of the historic architecture. Above is St. Peter’s United Church...
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From the Vault: Macon, Sixteen Years Ago
We found ourselves in Macon, in Northeast Missouri recently, and I wanted to check up on the downtown area. It had been sixteen years since my first and last visit to downtown Macon, and I only posted...
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