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Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District

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Area
  
6,475 m²

Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District

Location
  
100 Blk. of N. Main St. and 100 Blk. of Broadway (original) 101 N. Main St. (increase I) 127 N. Water St. (increase II), Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Built
  
1981 (increase I) and 1870 (increase II)

Architect
  
Legg, Jerome B.; Ossenkop, Henry (increase I)

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Mission/Spanish Revival, et al. (original) Romanesque (increase I) two-part commercial block (increase II)

MPS
  
Cape Girardeau, Missouri MPS

NRHP Reference #
  
00000820, 07000683, and 08000808

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 with boundary increases in 2007 and 2008.

References

Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District Wikipedia