Turns out, my best friend is connected to the historic 1910 Heibel-March Building. And she not from here, she’s German and didn’t even move to Columbia from Chicago until the 1970s. Not bad for a building that had been vacant for 16 years and has only recently been revitalized as the office space for Grove…
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Take a historic tour of Columbia’s highlights
There’s no time limit on taking this historic tour. Here’s a link to a PowerPoint presentation that basically offers a tour of Columbia’s historic highlights. This presentation was presented by Deb Sheals, a historic preservation consultant, in May 2011 at a public meeting of the Columbia Historic Preservation Commission. I love taking these kinds of…
Update on the historic Heibel-March Building
In October, the Columbia Tribune updated readers on the development — or rather the lack of development of — the Heibel-March Building. Built in 1927, once again the brick structure faces an uncertain future. The building was named to Columbia’s Notable Properties list in 2005. Could the problem be no one has tried to put…
Downtown retailers
I just found this great article on the history of downtown retailers in my hometown, Columbia, Missouri. While it is enjoyable reading and the photographs are intriguing, the article doesn’t contain a single citation of the source of the information. The article, “There & Gone,” was published on pages 30 and 31 in Veterinary Medical Review,…
Industrial development redux
It is interesting to see how history repeats itself. Once again, those in charge of Columbia’s economic development are casting their eyes toward ways to bring more industrial development to the city. That’s old news. “In 1873 the city government believed that Columbia ‘should give every possible encouragement toward fostering a spirit of manufacturing industris,…
See the 2011 Historic Properties
Here’s a link to a PowerPoint with photographs of this year’s Most Notable Properties. Each year, the City of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Commission names several properties to its Most Notable Properties List. The purpose of the list is to acknowledge Columbia’s outstanding historic features. This year five properties were named to the list: 901 E….
Berry Building Receives State Honor
On Wednesday, Missouri Preservation will present the Preserve Missouri Award to John Ott for his renovation of the Berry Building, a former warehouse and grocery at 1025-33 Walnut Street. Once nearly derelict, today the 33,000-square-foot building gleams with PS Gallery and Independent Staves, a firm that manufactures and sells wine and whiskey barrels all over…
Missouri Theatre’s new leader
Commitment. Optimism. Hope for the 1,100-seat beauty that is the Missouri Theatre. That’s what I read in the Jan. 30, 2011 article by Lynn Israel in the Columbia Daily Tribune, which quoted Carole Sue DeLaite, new co-president of the Missouri Symphony Society board. Plans continue to be “made to keep the stage filled,” the article…
Funds for study of economic impact of historic preservation
Dec. 31, 2009 — State agency OKs grant for Columbia, Columbia Daily Tribune. This article outlines the preliminary approval for a $12,000 grant from the state to Columbia to study the economic effect of historic preservation. Why is this important? Some historic preservation is done with the aid of tax credits and there has been some…
Missouri Theatre: A history of volunteerism
Here’s an article about the Missouri Theatre that outlines how many buildings are saved: through the efforts of volunteers. Missouri Theatre, built in 1928, could have ended up like so many of the beautiful movie palaces, divided into tiny little screening rooms. But volunteers and others worked to save the theatre in its glorious original…
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