Bounded roughly by Adams, McCarthy, Mulberry Sts. and the Missouri River, Jefferson City, Missouri. County/parish: Cole.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 18, 1976. NRIS 76001109.
55 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Missouri State Capitol Historic District is a national historic district located at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. It encompasses 122 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jefferson City. The district developed between about 1850 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Classical Revival, Late Victorian, Queen Anne, Mission Revival, and Modern Movement style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Missouri State Capitol, Lohman's Landing Building, Cole County Historical Society Building, Cole County Courthouse and Jail-Sheriff's House, Missouri Governor's Mansion, and Tergin Apartment Building.
Other notable buildings include the St. Peter's Catholic Church complex (1881–1883), Margaret Upshulte House (c. 1865), Broadway State Office Building (1938), Supreme Court of Missouri Building (1905–1906), U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (1932–1934), Lohman's Opera House (c. 1885), Missouri State Optical (c. 1840s), First United Methodist Church (1900), Carnegie Public Library (1901), Temple Beth El (1883), and Joseph and Susie Kolkmeyer House (c. 1907).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, with a boundary increase in 2002.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63818680