Main–Spanish Commercial Historic District

Main–Spanish Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located around Main and Spanish Streets in Cape Girardeau, 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]

Main–Spanish Commercial Historic District
Spanish south of Themis, Cape Girardeau, June 2016
Main–Spanish Commercial Historic District is located in Missouri
Main–Spanish Commercial Historic District
Main–Spanish Commercial Historic District is located in the United States
Main–Spanish Commercial Historic District
LocationRoughly the 100 blocks of Main and Spanish Sts. and adjacent portions of Themis and Independence, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Coordinates37°18′16″N 89°31′08″W / 37.30444°N 89.51889°W / 37.30444; -89.51889
Area5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Built1880 (1880)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Early Commercial, Moderne
MPSCape Girardeau, Missouri MPS
NRHP reference No.08001259[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 2008

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Morgan Meyr Lake; Steven J. Hoffman; 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 October 1, 2016.