Main-Spanish Commercial Historic District

Main-Spanish Commercial Historic District

Spanish south of Themis, Cape Girardeau, June 2016
Location Roughly the 100 blocks of Main and Spanish Sts. and adjacent portions of Themis and Independence, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Coordinates 37°18′16″N 89°31′08″W / 37.30444°N 89.51889°W / 37.30444; -89.51889Coordinates: 37°18′16″N 89°31′08″W / 37.30444°N 89.51889°W / 37.30444; -89.51889
Area 5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Built 1880 (1880)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Early Commercial, Moderne
MPS Cape Girardeau, Missouri MPS
NRHP Reference # 08001259[1]
Added to NRHP December 30, 2008

Main-Spanish Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses 26 contributing buildings in the central business district of Cape Girardeau. It developed between about 1880 and 1958, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Klostermann Block. Other notable buildings are F.W. Woolworth Company (1950), J.C. Penney Company (1928), Kraft Bakery (c. 1884), Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co (A&P) (1941), and Millikan Motor Co. (1941).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Morgan Meyr Lake, Steven J. Hoffman, and Terri L. Foley (July 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Main-Spanish Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-10-01.


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