Sedalia is a city located approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Pettis County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 21,387. Sedalia is also the location of the Missouri State Fair and the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival. U.S. Routes 50 and 65 intersect in the city.
Arcadia College, located in Arcadia, Missouri, United States, was founded by Rev. J.C. Berryman in 1843. The institution was associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Berryman then sold the institution in 1858 and it closed in 1861. The buildings were used as hospital for Union soldiers before reverting to Berryman in 1863. He returned for a few years and tried to restart the institution. The college then went through several owners and a four-story brick building was erected in 1870. Arcadia College closed in 1877. The building was acquired by Order of the Ursulines for Ursuline Academy/College. The school closed in 1971. The Lewis Lecture Series at Texas A&M is named for a former chair of A&M's English Department who served as president of Arcadia from 1870-1873. The Nostalgic Place Bed & Breakfast operates on the former campus
The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site is located at 2658 Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It preserves the Scott Joplin Residence, the home of composer Scott Joplin from 1901 to 1903. The house and its surroundings are maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as a state historic site. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Louis Singleton Curtiss, was a Canadian-born American architect. Notable as a pioneer of the curtain wall design, he was once described as "the Frank Lloyd Wright of Kansas City". In his career, he designed more than 200 buildings, though not all were realized. There are approximately 30 examples of his work still extant in Kansas City, Missouri where Curtiss spent his career, including his best known design, the Boley Clothing Company Building. Other notable works can be found throughout the American midwest.
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and Rectory is a historic Roman Catholic church and rectory located at 812 Pearl Street in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The church was built in 1906, and is a Late Gothic Revival style building constructed of Carthage limestone. It measures 63 feet, 6 inches, by 122 feet, 8 inches and features circular windows; tracery; Gothic arched windows and doors; and the triple portal entry. The rectory was built in 1917, and is a two-story Prairie School style dwelling with a finished basement. It is constructed of Carthage limestone and has a low pitched, hipped roof with wide overhang. Also on the property is a contributing concrete block garage.
The Fifth and Main Historic District is a collection of adjoining structures and national historic district located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Main and Fifth streets in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States. This historic district consists of three early 20th century structures: the Christman Building, the Christman Building Annex and the Paramount Building. The Fifth and Main Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. In 2008, it was encompassed by the Joplin Downtown Historic District.
Cathedral Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Joseph, Missouri. The district encompasses 309 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of St. Joseph. It developed between about 1860 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Virginia Flats. Other notable buildings include the Nisen Stone House, Thomas Culligan House, A. D. Hudnutt House (1909), St. Joseph Cathedral (1877), James Wall House, Taylor Apartments, E. F. Weitheimer House (1888), Sarah and Ann Walsh Apartment House (1915), Henry Owen Stable (1898), George T. Hoagland Speculative House (1901), and James Hull House (1887).
South Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. The district encompasses 21 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Glasgow. It developed between about 1830 and 1935 and includes representative examples of Italianate and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Edwin and Nora Payne Bedford House. Other notable buildings include the V. M Grigsby house, R. M. Moon house, Denneny sisters house, Joseph Shepard house / Joseph Davis house, Joseph Howard house, Thomas Howard house (1901), J. D. Tolson house, and the Robert Wilhoit house.
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.
Fox Theater, also known as Central Assembly Christian Life Center, is a historic movie theater located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1930, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped, brick, single bay, two-part commercial building with Mission Revival detailing. The ornate interior features extensive displays of plaster, metal, and wood decoration executed in Spanish Revival designs. The building was sold to the Central Assembly Church of Joplin in 1974.
Joplin Supply Company is a historic commercial building located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1922, and is a five-story, two-part vertical block commercial building. It is a steel reinforced concrete structure with brick cladding and large multi-pane windows and simple stone detailing.
Rains Brothers Building, also known as Miner's Hardware Company and Roosevelt Hotel, was a historic commercial building located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1900-1901, and was a three-story, three bay, two-part commercial building with Renaissance Revival style detailing. It was destroyed by fire on March 1, 2012.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building, also known as the Frisco Building, is a historic train station and office building located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1913 for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, and is a nine-story, "L"-shaped, brick and stone trimmed building with a decorative cornice. It measures approximately 101 feet by 127 feet and has a two-part vertical block form.
Joplin Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings in the central business district of Joplin. It developed between about 1883 and 1958 and includes representative examples of Mission Revival, Art Deco, and Modern Movement style architecture. The district includes the previously listed Fifth and Main Historic District, Newman Brothers Building, Fox Theater, and St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building. Other notable buildings include the Liberty Building (1923), Cunningham Bank / Quinby Building, Model Clothing Store Building, Lichliter-Kassab Building, Zelleken Block, Muenning Building, and Frank Hollcroft Livery Building.
Joplin and Wall Avenues Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings in the central business district of Joplin. It developed between about 1900 and 1939 and includes representative examples of Renaissance Revival and Late Gothic Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the previously listed Joplin Supply Company. Other notable buildings include the U. S. Court House and Post Office (1904), Cosgrove Building (1913), Independent Building, Hurlbut Chapel, and Crown/Greyhound Bus depot (1936).
Main and Eighth Streets Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 20 contributing buildings in the central business district of Joplin. It developed between about 1891 and 1929 and includes representative examples of Renaissance Revival and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the previously listed Rains Brothers Building. Other notable buildings include the Marquette Hotel, Willard Hotel, Muir Block (1891), Stevens Hotel / Scottish Rite Temple (1899), and Hotel Blende (1899).
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.
Broadway District is a national historic district located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. The district encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hannibal. It developed between about 1866 and 1934, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Art Deco architecture. Notable buildings include the Lakenan Building, Kresge Building (1931), Second Farmers and Merchants Bank, Sproul-Cash Store (1901), Hannibal Trust Company (1909-1910), Hickman Block, and Robinson Brothers.
Building at 217 West Main Street, also known as the Open Door Service Center Building, is a historic commercial building located at Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. It was built in 1874, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped, Italianate style brick building. A wing was added in 1906. It features a decorative metal cornice and three round arched windows. The building is known to have housed a brothel in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
