June 15, 2017 — The Gathering Place will close in December due to budget cuts at MU, Columbia Missourian. Summary: The bed and breakfast at 606 S. College will be closed by MU. It has been operating since 1996. It has been owned by the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources since 2008. The article states that MU expects to save $150,000 per year by closing the bed and breakfast, which was to have provided experience for MU hospitality students. The article cites the bed and breakfast’s website as stating that the house was built by Cora Davenport in 1906 and has been used as a fraternity house for Lambda Chi Alpha, Alpha Gamma Rho, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Sigma Tau Gamma.
While this bed and breakfast is set to close, the East Campus Bed & Breakfast opened recently. Here’s a link to its website.
Here are three government documents on the East Campus area:
- 1995 East Campus Neighborhood Historic District National Register of Historic Places document;
- An undated East Campus Survey city document;
- 1994 document Final Report of A Survey of the East Campus Neighborhood, Columbia, Missouri, Phase One.
These documents are filled with photos, maps and the 1994 document includes some oral history. The oral history is interesting because it reveals people’s attitudes and opinions, some of which we’d find objectionable today.