Worried about restrictions? Think your home isn’t grand enough? Fearful of extra taxes? Shrinking from publicity? Fear not. If these are reasons you are avoiding or someone you know is putting off nominating a property to the Columbia’s Notable Properties list, that’s balderdash. Modest homes like a Cape Cod at 1252 Sunset Drive has been named…
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New old images of Eero Saarinen’s Firestone Baars Chapel at Stephens College
Did you know there’s a bit of St. Louis in Columbia? The same designer, Eero Saarinen, who designed The Arch in St. Louis designed Stephens College’s Firestone Baars Chapel. If you love before and after views, you are going to love this historic images released on June 17, 2016 by the State Historical Society of…
Party set for April 1 to celebrate historic properties
Columbia’s celebration of 2014’s additions to the Notable Properties is scheduled for 7 p.m. on April 1 in City Hall at 701 E. Broadway. The event was postponed from Feb. 4 due to a snow storm. This year’s event will feature 15 years of images of the historic properties and introductions by Columbia’s Historic Preservation…
Annie Fisher home at 2911 Old Highway 63 South demolished
The 1920-era Annie Fisher house at 2911 Old Highway 63 South has been demolished, according to this Nov. 29, 2011 Columbia Daily Tribune article. The house was a concrete reminder of black history. Annie Fisher built the house for a restaurant and catering service she operated. Born in 1867, Fisher had only a third-grade education, yet…
Virtual tour of 1927 home at 2007 S. Country Club Drive
Another historic home is on the market. This one, built in 1927, is at 2007 S. Country Club Drive. It was named to the Columbia Most Notable Properties List in 2008. This Tudor home features a staircase from Italy as well as practical features including six bedrooms, six bathrooms and two half baths. The home is roughly…
A hidden home at Stephens College
Senior Hall, home to thousands of students over the years, actually started out as just that — a home. Built in 1841, Senior Hall is actually built around an 1840s house, built for Oliver Parker, of New Hampshire. He moved to Columbia in 1821 and opened and operated a general merchandise store. He died the…
Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice
One of the homes on Columbia’s Notable Properties list, the Pinkney home, was designed by the firm of William Bernoudy, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright. This house is the focus of an article in Mizzou, the magazine of the Mizzoui Alumni Association. The article states Bernoudy built six homes in Columbia and includes a slide…
National Register Listings
Columbia has 19 properties listed on National Historic Register and on the Columbia Notable Properties list. For example, the David Guitar House, also known as Confederate Hill, is on the list. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources web site also has detailed information for many of these properties. The properties on Columbia’s Notable Properties List and on the National…
Schools
History is everywhere — if you know how to look for it. In Columbia, four schools have been determined to be historical properties and have been named to the Notable Properties list by the Historic Preservation Commission. Of the four schools, one has recently been closed as a school and only one is named after a…
Historical Homes – work in progress
This site now includes a list of the roughly 54 homes named to Columbia’s Notable Properties list by the Historic Preservation Commission since 1998. Take a look — Columbia’s Notable Properties include a wide variety of styles and ages of homes.