Ridgway Apartments

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Ridgway Apartments
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Location 402 S. Byers Ave. and 404 S. Byers Ave., Joplin, Missouri
Coordinates 37°5′22″N94°31′5″W / 37.08944°N 94.51806°W / 37.08944; -94.51806 Coordinates: 37°5′22″N94°31′5″W / 37.08944°N 94.51806°W / 37.08944; -94.51806
Area less than one acre
Built 1918 (1918)
Built by Camp, R.P.
Architect Heckenlively, J.L.
Architectural style Early Commercial
NRHP reference # 06000682 [1]
Added to NRHP August 8, 2006

Ridgway Apartments, also known as North Ridgeway Apartments & South Ridgeway Apartments, are two historic apartment buildings located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. They were built in 1918, and are three-story, rectangular brick buildings. Each measures approximately 42 feet by 125 feet and feature centrally placed entrances embellished with a prominent pediment surround and stepped parapets that crown the main facade. [2] :5

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Joplin, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 50,150. Joplin is the main hub of the three-county Joplin-Miami, Missouri-Oklahoma Metro area

Jasper County, Missouri county in Missouri, United States

Jasper County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 117,404. Its county seat is Carthage, and its largest city is Joplin. The county was organized in 1841 and named for William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1] It is located in the Murphysburg Historic District.

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Murphysburg Historic District

Murphysburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 185 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Joplin. It developed between about 1880 and 1965 and includes representative examples of Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Classical Revival, Mission Revival, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the previously listed Olivia Apartments and Ridgway Apartments. Other notable buildings include the J.H. Brand House (1899), John Wise House (1898), A.B. McConnell House, H.H. McNeal House (1908), H. Edward Dangerfield House (1895), First Methodist Church (1905), and Second Church of Christ, Scientist.

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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. Cydney E. Millstein (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ridgway Apartments" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 19 photographs from 2005)