Ambassador Apartments (Springfield, Missouri)

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Ambassador Apartments

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Ambassador Apartments, October 2010
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Location 1235 E. Elm St., Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates 37°12′19″N93°16′30″W / 37.20528°N 93.27500°W / 37.20528; -93.27500 Coordinates: 37°12′19″N93°16′30″W / 37.20528°N 93.27500°W / 37.20528; -93.27500
Area less than one acre
Built 1928 (1928)
Built by Fogerson, Wilburn E.
Architect Mark, Carl G.
Architectural style commercial block apartment
MPS Springfield MPS
NRHP reference # 08001023 [1]
Added to NRHP October 29, 2008

Ambassador Apartments is a historic apartment building located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was built in 1928, and is a four-story Commercial Block apartment building with a flat roof, red brick walls and simple Tudor style stone accents. The building houses 33 studio and one bedroom apartments. Also on the property is a contributing small ceramic block garage built about 1933. [2] :5

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Springfield, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 159,498. As of 2017, the Census Bureau estimated its population at 167,376. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which has a population of 462,369 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Debbie Sheals (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ambassador Apartments" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 16 photographs from 2008)