National Register of Historic Places - Missouri (MO), Boone County

Boone County Missouri (Historic Districts) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Francis Quadrangle Historic District and Rocheport, Downtown Columbia Historic District, Downtown Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase) and East Campus Neighborhood Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Late Woodland and Boone Focus dating back to 5999 BC.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Boone County places including Morris Frederick Bell, Boller Brothers, Johnson Brothers, Edmund Eckle, Davis and Phillips Construction, A.N. Torbitt, Ludwig Abt, J.P. Jamieson, Ghio, Augustus, et al. and James Jamieson. Prominent architectural styles found in Boone Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Colonial Revival.

Downtown Columbia Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000990)

Parts of 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, E. Broadway, Cherry, Hitt, Locust, and E. Walnut Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Downtown Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08000375)

1019,1020,1023 & 1025-33 E. Walnut St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store, Warehouse

East Campus Neighborhood Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000019)

Roughly bounded by Bouchelle, College, University and High Sts. including parts of Willis, Bass, Dorsey and Anthony Sts., Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ghio, Augustus, et al., Jamieson, James

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Francis Quadrangle Historic District (added 1973 - - #73001036)

Also known as Red Campus

Bounded by Conley Ave. and Elm, 6th, and 9th Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bell,Morris Frederick

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Gordon Tract Archeological Site (added 1972 - - #72000705)

Also known as Hinkson Creek Site;Missouri Archaeological Survey Number 23B

Address Restricted , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Late Woodland, Boone Focus

Period of Significance:

5500-5999 BC, 5000-5499 BC, 4000-4499 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 2500-2999 BC, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Underwater

Miller Building, Matthews Hardware, Metropolitan Building (added 2003 - - #03000298)

800-810 E. Broadway Blvd. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson Brothers

Architectural Style:

Art Deco, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

North Ninth Street Historic District (added 2004 - - #03001473)

Also known as L.J. Slate Billiard Hall; Allen Arnold Building, A. Victor Building; Lafayette Hume Building; Varsity Theatre

5-36 North Ninth St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Boller Brothers

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Music Facility, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Rocheport (added 1976 - - #76001108)

Also known as Rocheport Historic District

MO 240 , Rocheport

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Transportation, Military, Commerce, Industry, Communications

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Stephens College, South Campus (added 2005 - - #05001326)

Also known as Stephens College South Campus Historic District

1200 E. Broadway , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis and Phillips Construction, Jamieson, J.P.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Educational Related Housing, School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Educational Related Housing, School

West Broadway Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000221)

300-922 W. Broadway (except 800, 808, 812) , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Abt, Ludwig

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling