Every day it seems Columbia faces yet another historic building that is seeking financial support — the Missouri Theatre, the Blind Boone home and perhaps, one day the Annie Fisher home. But in Rapid City, South Dakota, they’ve taken action and taken off their clothing for historic buildings. Twelve business men have posed nude for…
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Heibel-March Building at 900-902 Range Line faces opportunity
Built in 1927, the Heibel-March Building now faces a possible new life as the headquarters for Legacy Construction. The building was named to Columbia’s Notable Properties list in 2005. Below is a newspaper article that outlines the current possibility for the building. Dec. 8, 2010, Historic Preservation Commission endorses Heibel-March purchase, Columbia Daily Tribune. Dec….
IBM-like support in 1906 – Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory, 1123 Wilkes Blvd.
Last week, a May 18, 2010, article in the Columbia Missourian outlined a list of what it called unprecedented incentives provided to IBM to get it to open a service center in Columbia. Those incentives, outlined by newspaper articles, include $28 million in tax credit incentives from the state as well as a city agreement to buy the building for…
Missouri Theatre – Tough Luck, Mary Todd Lincoln’s cousin
In 2008, the Missouri Theatre, now called the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, under went a $10 million renovation, again becoming the jewel of downtown Columbia. But with every gain, sometimes comes a loss — as in the case of the 1928 construction of the Missouri Theatre. Named in 1979 to the National Register of…
Daddy’s girl – 111 S. Ninth Street – Virginia Building
Ever wonder where the name for the Virginia Building at 111 S. Ninth Street came from? You could be faulted for thinking it came from someone longing for that Eastern seaboard state — but you’d be wrong. The Virginia Building was built in 1911 and named in 2002 to both the National Register of Historic Places and the Columbia…
Historic renovation makes economic sense
John Ott, who has renovated several historic buildings, says historic renovation makes financial sense. His ideas are explained in full in a February 20, 2010 article in the Columbia Business Times. His most recent example is the Berry Building. For years, the building had been used as a warehouse. Then it went into decline and then…
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