Cobblestone Street (Boonville, Missouri)

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Cobblestone Street
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Location100 Main St., Boonville, Missouri
Coordinates 38°58′41″N92°44′40″W / 38.97806°N 92.74444°W / 38.97806; -92.74444
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1832 (1832)
MPS Boonville Missouri MRA
NRHP reference No. 82005293 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1990

Cobblestone Street, also known as Fifth Street and Main Street, is a historic cobblestone street located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built about 1832, and was part of the original Fifth or Main Street. It is located beneath the Boonville Road Bridge and is constructed of cobblestones of varying sizes. The street remnant is approximately 20 feet wide and approximately 200 feet long. The street connected the main commercial district of Boonville with the wharves along the Missouri River. [2] :2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Preservation Planning Section (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cobblestone Street" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.] (includes 3 photos from 1988)