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  • CoMo200
    • CoMo/BoCo 200 Media Coverage
  • Homes
    • 10 N. Fourth Street – J. W. “Blind” Boone Home
      • Media coverage of John William “Blind” Boone home at 10 N. Fourth Street
    • 1003 Sunset Drive
    • 121 N. West Boulevard – Arch McHarg Log Cabin, not McCard as previously reported
    • 1223 Frances Drive
    • 1312 W. Broadway – Champlin House
    • 1315 University Avenue – home now a bed and breakfast
    • 14 S. Jefferson Road, Mexico, Missouri 
    • 1411 Anthony Street, ca., 1906, Dutch Colonial, Arthur and Susie Buchroeder House
    • 1415 University Ave.
    • 1502 Anthony St., Francis Pike House, 1939 Tudor Revival
    • 1506 University Ave.
    • 1508 Ross St.
    • 1516 Wilson Avenue – James Jamieson designed – in the East Campus Neighborhood Historic District
    • 1601 Stoney Brook Place
    • 1619 University Ave.
    • 1620 Hinkson Avenue – Sally Flood House
    • 1844 Cliff Drive, ca., 1950, David and Helen Pinkney
    • 2 East Stewart Road – Vessell Home
    • 2007 S. Country Club Drive
    • 201 E. Brandon Road – Neate Home
    • 2011 N. Country Club Drive
    • 202 S. Glenwood Ave. — Walter Williams Home
    • 206 Bingham Road, Harry Satterlee Bill and Florence Henderson Home
    • 211 Westwood
    • 214 St. Joseph St.
    • 2815 Oakland Gravel Road – Guitar Mansion/Confederate Hill
    • 2911 Old Highway 63 South – Annie Fisher Home
    • 3005 Mexico Gravel Road – Greenwood Heights
    • 401 West Blvd., South
    • 4713 Brown Station Road – Keene School Home
    • 502 Edgewood Avenue – Walter Johnson
    • 504, 608, 704 Westmount Avenue “Peanut Brittle” Winterton C. Curtis Homes
    • 509 Thilly Ave.
    • 511 Westwood Ave.
    • 606 S. College Ave.
    • 610 W. Broadway
    • 611 W. Worley, ca. 1904, James and Suzie Ridgeway Home
    • 611 W. Worley, ca. 1904, James and Suzie Ridgeway Home
    • 700 West Broadway
    • 703 Ingleside Drive, ca. 1926, Spanish Eclectic, W.J. and Clara Lhamon House
    • 703 Westmount, ca. 1909, W.D.A. and Frederica Westfall
    • 709 W. Broadway – The Heidman House
    • 716 W. Broadway – The Taylor Home
    • 823 Crestland Ave.
    • 8939 West Terrapin Road, ca. 1862-1903, William B. Hunt
    • 905 S. Providence Road, Bessie and Dr. J.E. Thornton, 1926, Tudor Revival
    • 916 West Stewart Road, ca., 1930, Tudor Revival, Claude and Stella Woolsey House
    • 923 S. Providence Road, Chaney home
    • Bed & Breakfasts – Taylor House Inn and the University Avenue Bed and Breakfast
    • Homes to museums, bed and breakfasts and college buildings
    • Maplewood: 14-inch walls, a $3 million heritage and $14,400 grant
    • Shotgun House
    • Apartments
      • Apartment media coverage
      • Belvedere Apartments 206 Hitt St.
      • Beverly Apartments, 211 Hitt St.
      • Frederick Apartments
      • Niedermeyer Apartments
  • Schools
    • MU
      • 115 Business Loop West, Ellis Fischel or Mizzou North
      • 24 E. Stewart Road – Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House
      • 512 Rollins Road, Kappa Kappa Gamma Society
      • 602 Sanford Place, Sanford F. Conley house – MU Campus
      • Francis Quadrangle, 1871, Switzler Hall
      • MU – Pi Beta Phi Missouri Alpha Chapter House, 1930
      • MU Media Coverage
      • Pickard Hall – University of Missouri
      • Swallow Hall – MU Campus – Francis Quadrangle
      • Switzler Hall
      • Jesse Hall
      • Parker Hall
    • Stephens College
      • Firestone-Baar Chapel, 1209 E. Walnut St.
      • Stephens Stables
      • Waugh Street – Senior Hall – Stephens South Campus
    • Columbia College
      • 1011 Rogers, Columbia College’s Missouri Hall
      • Columbia College media coverage
      • Williams Hall, 600 Cougar Drive
    • Public schools
      • 1208 Locust St., Lee School
      • 1410 Hinkson Ave. — Thomas Hart Benton Elementary School
      • 713 Rogers, 1910, Jefferson Junior High
  • All Media Coverage
    • Capturing Columbia’s Cinema Century
    • Notable Properties: Historic renovation boosts community commerce
  • Areas, parks, streets
    • Areas of historical significance
      • East Campus Neighborhood Historic District
      • Hubbell Place Addition
      • North Central
      • Quarry Heights Neighborhood
    • Parks
    • Brick Streets
  • Buildings
    • Commercial Buildings
      • 102 S. Ninth Street – Hall Theater
      • 110 S. Ninth St. – Booche’s, circa 1925
      • 111 S. Ninth Street – Virginia Building – National Register 2002
      • 1123 Wilkes Blvd., 1907, Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory
      • 1123 Wilkes Blvd., 1907, Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory
      • 1405 West Business Loop Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel, now Candlelight Lodge
      • 1411 Business Loop East, 1938, Arrow Head Motel
      • 17 and 19 N. Fifth St.
      • 17 N. Ninth Street – Varsity Theater/The Blue Note, 1927
      • 201-215 S. Ninth St. – Missouri Theatre, 1928
        • Media Coverage – 201-215 S. Ninth St. – Missouri Theatre, 1928
      • 23 S. Eighth Street – Tiger Hotel, 1927
      • 28 N. Eighth St., Guitar Building, 1910.
      • 300 N. Tenth St.
      • 315 N. 10th Street – Samuel H. & Isabel Smith Elkins House
      • 407 S. Sixth Street — Missouri State Teachers Association Building
      • 411 E. Broadway, 1917, McKinney Building
      • 625 Cherry Street – Columbia Telephone Building
      • 821 E. Walnut Street — Athens Hotel
      • 900-902 Range Line – Heibel-March Drug Store
      • Commercial Buildings Media Coverage
      • Miller Building – 800 Broadway
    • City/County Buildings
      • 1 S. Seventh St., 1906, Ann Hawkins Gentry Building
      • 1501 Business Loop 70 E, Municipal Power Plant
      • 1600 E. Broadway Boone County hospital
      • 600 E. Broadway – Howard Municipal Building
      • 701 E. Ash Street — Columbia National Guard Armory
  • Black History
    • Black history media coverage
    • Lynching of James Scott, 1923
  • Sacred Places
    • 1115 Locust St., Sacred Heart Catholic Church
    • 123 S. Ninth St., 1899, Calvary Episcopal Church
    • 1320 S. Fairview Road, Fairview United Methodist Church, 1940
    • 401 N. Fifth St., 1923, Fifth Street Christian Church
    • Cemeteries
      • 1217 W. Business Loop 70, Calvary Cemetery
      • 30 E. Broadway – Columbia Cemetery
    • Sacred place media coverage
    • South Fairview Road, Fairview Cemetery
  • Demolitions
  • DIY Research Tips
    • Books
    • Organizations
    • Reports
      • 2009 Locust Historic Study Area Report
    • National Register
      • National Register – Areas
      • National Register – Homes
    • Notable Properties

Month: April 2014

Areas…

Tips on making the past present

28 Apr 2014
It is so easy for the past to slip away, a building gets a new tenant, a new use or a new name and bingo! The past is gone. But…
Columbia Historic Preservation Commission…

Gawkers: Opportunity knocks

24 Apr 201424 Apr 2014
'Tis the season -- for home and garden tours. Each day, my inbox is flooded with releases about historic homes, via my Goggle alerts. Now, it's filled with announcements for…
Books…

Four surprising ways to peek inside historic homes

8 Apr 20148 Apr 2014
Getting a look inside a historic home can be a challenge. Few of us are willing to knock on someone's door and ask for a quick tour. But these four…
Churches…

This is why you get lost in Columbia, Missouri

3 Apr 2014
Bet you didn't know that Chapel Hill Road used to be West Boulevard South. Which now makes sense of the fact that the rest of West Boulevard often has addresses…
Historical Homes

What’s an LP and why should we clean it?

3 Apr 20143 Apr 2014
When I was in high school in the 1970s, the newest music technology was an LP, short for long-playing record. It was a big improvement on the 45 rpm (revolutions…

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