Phase III Architectural/Historical Survey of the International Shoe Factory Neighborhood

Project Summary: "The survey of the International Shoe Factory Neighborhood is a three-phased, intensive level survey project located on the western side of the City of Washington, MO. Phase 3 is the final culmination of the project....The goal of the overall project is to identify a potential individual International Shoe Factory Historic District and/or International Shoe Factory Neighborhood District to the National Register of Historic Places.... The Phase 3 survey area is located due south of the International Shoe Company complex. The project area is roughly bounded to the north by the south sides of West Third and James Street, to the east roughly by the west side of Stafford Street, to the south by the south side of Horn Street with a portion of Fifth Street, and to west by High Street and the east side of Williams Street. Within the Phase 3 survey area, Landmarks inventoried 141 properties, 5 of which are vacant lots. One national register district, Stafford-Olive Historic District, crosses the survey area, recording 23 of the surveyed properties and only listing 21 within the district. Two previous surveys also covered the area with 79 properties in the Phase IV Survey and 2 in the Fifth Street Survey. The overall phase survey findings support evidence of a potential National Register district along with two properties recommended as potentially individually eligible for the NHRP." Survey Objectives: "The following report is the culmination of a three-phased survey that provides findings and recommendations following the final survey. The City of Washington commissioned Landmarks in the winter of 2018 to conduct an intensive level architectural/historical survey and inventory of all properties within the Phase 3 survey boundary. The main objectives of the survey are to identify themes connected with the International Shoe Factory and identify properties within the survey area that may be individually eligible or as a district to the National Register of Historic Places. The reports will include the scope and scale of the survey, provide historic contexts to evaluate the surveyed properties utilizing National Register eligibility criteria, describe and evaluate property types within the survey area, and include final recommendations based upon the analysis of data from each phase of the survey. Once completed, the survey will provide additional neighborhood information to the City of Washington as well as to the Missouri Cultural Resources inventory. The primary goal of the phased surveys is the preparation and recommendation for a potential International Shoe Factory District to the National Register Historic Places." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P1AF00025).

Phase III Architectural/Historical Survey of the International Shoe Factory Neighborhood

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