Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District

Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Broadway west of Main
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
Coordinates	37°18′26″N 89°31′6″W / 37.30722°N 89.51833°WCoordinates: 37°18′26″N 89°31′6″W / 37.30722°N 89.51833°W
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha) (original) less than one acre (increase I) less than one acre (increase II)
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[1]
Added to NRHP	July 20, 2000 (original) July 11, 2007 (increase I) August 29, 2008 (increase II)

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 N. Main St. 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.^[1][2][3][4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 with boundary increases in 2007 and 2008.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Philip Thomason (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01. and site map
3. Terri L. Foley (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01. and site map
4. Terri L. Foley and Steven J. Hoffman (January 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase II)" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.