Survey Report - North Central (Phase II), Columbia, MO

Keenoy, Ruth; Foley, Terri

Introduction: "In 2019, the City of Columbia issued a Request for Proposal to conduct a reconnaissance level survey, Phase II, of the North Central neighborhood. The project was funded by a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant received by the City of Columbia from the Missouri State Historical Society/Historic Preservation Office (MO-SHPO) and the National Park Service. The project was awarded to and completed by Keenoy Preservation (Ruth Keenoy and Terri Foley) of St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of the survey was to document properties located in the North Central neighborhood and to identify properties within the neighborhood that appear eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. A Phase I survey of the larger neighborhood was completed in 2017. The Phase II survey is situated just north of Columbia College in the City of Columbia, Missouri, bounded by N. Providence Road (west), E. Business Loop 70 (north), N. College Avenue (east) and Wilkes Boulevard (south). This area encompasses 113.7 acres and includes 209 properties. The North Central Phase II survey area is largely residential but also includes commercial buildings, one church, two public schools and two industrial buildings (former shoe factory and ice cream plant). The neighborhood's era of heaviest development occurred during c. 1907-1930, which coincides with years that the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory at 1123 Wilkes Boulevard employed local residents. This building is the survey area's sole National Register listed property. Six properties were identified as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places within the Phase II survey area: 922 and 1206-08 E. Business Loop 70, 1203 Fay Street, 1204 Pannell Street, 1010 Range Line Street, and 1104 N. Providence Street. The survey did not identify any historic districts within the study area. The following document provides an historical overview, architectural analysis and discussion of the survey methods, findings and recommendations." 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 division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00025).

Survey Report - North Central (Phase II), Columbia, MO

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