Cape Girardeau is a city in Cape Girardeau County and Scott County in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to 2019 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city proper was 40,559, with the surrounding metropolitan area totaling 134,051 residents.
Burfordville is an unincorporated community in western Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States, on the banks of the Whitewater River. It is located five miles west of Jackson on Route 34. Bufordville is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Millersville is an unincorporated community in western Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is located six miles (10 km) west of Jackson on Route 72.
The Old Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, Missouri was established between 1806 and 1808 by Louis Lorimier. The cemetery is located at 500 North Fountain Street overlooking the Mississippi River. There are believed to be more than 6,500 graves in the cemetery, most of them unmarked. A sidewalk serves as a north – south dividing line in the cemetery. It is said that Catholics are buried on the south and Protestants are buried on the north. The east slope is believed to be the burial grounds of African-American persons. It has been recorded that as many as 1,200 soldiers from the Civil War were buried there. The grave marker for the wife Louis Lorimier says "The Noblest Matron of the Shawnee race."
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Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In 2000, the area listed was 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) and included 17 contributing buildings. In a first increase, an 1891 contributing building at 101 North Main Street was added. The building was designed by Jerome B. Legg and Henry Ossenkop in Romanesque style. In a second increase, three contributing buildings dating from 1870 were added. The two increases added .9 acres (0.36 ha) each to the original listed area.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
B'Nai Israel Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue at 126 S. Main in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri is a historic church at 131 South Main Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Kage School is a former one-room schoolhouse in the city limits of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRIS#05001090). While it was in operation it was a part of School District No. 52, then located northwest of the City of Cape Girardeau in unincorporated Cape Girardeau County. The school served eight grade levels.
Warehouse Row Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses three contributing buildings built between 1864 and 1874 alongside the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown Cape Girardeau. The buildings are all constructed of brick.
South Middle Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings in an exclusively residential section of Cape Girardeau. It developed between about 1890 and 1931, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. The houses were constructed for working and middle class residents.
Broadway and North Fountain Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses four contributing buildings in the central business district of Cape Girardeau built between 1907 and 1937. Located in the district is the separately listed Mission Revival style Marquette Hotel. The remaining buildings are the Surety Savings and Loan Association, Himmelberger & Harrison Building (1907), and Rueseler Motor Company.
Oliver-Leming House, also known as the Home of the Missouri State Flag, is a historic home located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was designed by J.B. Legg, and built in 1898–1899. It is a 2 1/2-story, red brick dwelling. It features a full-width, two-story front portico supported by Corinthian order columns and added in 1915.
Judith Crow House, also known as Henry Bohlke House, is a historic home located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built about 1864, and is a one and a half story, painted brick dwelling decorated in the German Vernacular style. It features two arched, double hung, two over two windows, ornamental brick work, and a recessed doorway. The building is nicknamed after Judith Crow, who bought the house in 1963.
Frederick W. and Mary Karau Pott House is a historic home located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built about 1885, and is a 2 1/2-story, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a side-gabled roof, a projecting pedimented front gable and parapet chimneys. It features an overhanging eave with curvilinear brackets and modillions, tall narrow windows with round and segmental arches, and an ornate central portico supported by groups of chamfered columns.
Edward S. and Mary Annatoile Albert Lilly House is a historic home located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built in 1897, and is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival style brick dwelling. It has a full-width wraparound front porch with classical columns and porte cochere. It features a medium pitched hipped roof with pediment dormers, ornate pressed metal cornice with dentils and pressed metal window hoods. Also on the property is a contributing 1 1/2 story brick carriage house.
Courthouse–Seminary Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses 121 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in a predominantly residential section of Cape Girardeau. It developed between about 1848 and 1948, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, Late Gothic Revival, American Craftsman, and Art Deco style architecture. The district contains 1 1/2 and 2 1/2-story brick single-family homes, with multi-family homes and a few commercial buildings dispersed throughout. Located in the district is the separately listed Robert Felix and Elma Taylor Wichterich House, William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison House, Huhn-Harrison House, B'Nai Israel Synagogue, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, August and Amalia Shivelbine House, Glenn House, House at 323 Themis Street, and George Boardman Clark House.
J. Maple and Grace Senne Wilson House is a historic home located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It built in 1903–1904, and is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival style red brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof, a rooftop balustrade, and a central hipped dormer. It features a one-story full-width porch supported by Tuscan order columns and topped with a balustrade and two-story octagonal corner tower.
Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas is a historic courthouse located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built in 1854 in the Federal style, and is a two-story, red brick building on a limestone foundation with a partial basement, hipped roof and cupola. Additions made in 1888, added Classical Revival style design elements including a pedimented portico. An addition was constructed in 1959. Also on the property are the contributing concrete stairway (1900), a fountain (1911), a bandstand (1934) and a sundial (1938).
