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…
Author: diannaobrien
History blogger. Writer. Traveler. Curiosity drives me. I share what I learn at CoMoHistoricPlaces.com. My newest book, Historic Movie Theaters of Columbia, came out in October 2021. My 2017 book, From Melon Fields to Moon Rocks highlighted the life of Columbia resident Charles W. Gehrke, 1917-2009, a scientist and entrepreneur who founded ABC Labs, now Eurofins.
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.
Historical Properties of Columbia, Missouri
I launched this Web site in an effort to bring together information on historic properties in Columbia, Missouri. As a journalist and a resident of Columbia, I’m interested in historical properties for a number of reasons. Primarily, I find historic buildings and properties more interesting than new construction. As Richard King said when I was asking…
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