Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District

Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District

Cape Girardeau County Courthouse, July 2011
Location Roughly bounded by Court, Main, Missouri and High Sts., Jackson, Missouri
Coordinates 37°22′57″N 89°40′6″W / 37.38250°N 89.66833°W / 37.38250; -89.66833Coordinates: 37°22′57″N 89°40′6″W / 37.38250°N 89.66833°W / 37.38250; -89.66833
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1923 (1923)
Architect P.H. Weathers
Architectural style Early Commercial, Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 05001562[1]
Added to NRHP February 1, 2006

Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses 23 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jackson. It developed between about 1880 and 1953, and includes representative examples of Classical Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Cape Girardeau County Savings Bank (c. 1885, 1952), Kertsners's Drug Store (c. 1900), Cape Girardeau County Courthouse (c. 1906-1908) designed by P.H. Weathers, and Jones Drug Store (c. 1885, 1908).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Melinda Winchester (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-10-01.


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