WINTER 2016-2017 ISSUE AND YE ARLY RECAP Missouri Preservation Staff Upward to the 8th floor, that is. Bill Hart, Executive Director ONWARD & UPWARD Missouri Preservation has offi- (St. Louis) cially moved. We are now located Riley Price, Administrator (Cedar Hill) in Room 850 of the Security 2016 MISSOURI PRESERVATION Building in St. Louis, an 1890 Peabody and Stearns designed building that is BOARD OF DIRECTORS listed on the National Register of Historic Places (lobby rotunda pictured Officers below right). The building is at 319 North 4th Street, in the downtown. We Brad Wolf, President (Kansas City) are pleased to be located in Robert Myers, Vice President an awesome historic building (St. Louis) and we hope you’ll stop by for Ann Holtshouser, Treasurer (St. Louis) a visit when you’re in town. Peter Wollenberg, Officer At-Large (St. Louis) We’d like to thank some peo- Rachel Nugent, Secretary (Kansas City) ple who made our move pos- sible, including the Lawrence Directors Group for the generous terms Austin L. Barzantny (St. Louis) of our new lease. Our space James Baughn (Jackson) was completely renovated Joy Coleman, (Kansas City) and newly furnished with the Jesse Francis (O’Fallon) Carolee Hazlett (Moberly) help of Mary Ann and Bert Kathy Hunt (St. Louis) Kellerman, Claire and Tim Speaker of the House Steven Tilley gave the keynote speech Bert Kellerman (Cape Girardeau) Vogt of Millennium Restora- and presented the Rozier Award to Dr. Bonnie Stepenoff at Michael Kettelkamp (Hannibal) the 2012 Honor Awards Ceremony Craig Milde (Jackson) tion and Development , Patty Gayla Roten (Branson) Maher of Tiger Lily Develop- Marion Smith (St. Louis) ment, and Bill Hart and Patrick Wolf (St. Louis) George Tracy. Thank you all Ex-Officio Board Members for your help for donating of- Amanda Crawley (Kansas City) fice furniture and equipment, Toni Prawl (Jefferson City) David Richardson (St. Louis) and help with design and Andrew Weil (St. Louis) renovation. Eric Youngberg (Kansas City) Advisory Board Members Missouri Preservation is pleased to welcome Jeff Brambila (St. Louis) Jeannine Cook (St. Louis) Riley Price as its new Administrator. Riley re- Gerry Friedman (Labadie) cently graduated summa cum laude from South- Carol Grove (Columbia) east Missouri State University with a B.S. in His- Erle Lionberger (St. Louis) Randy Maness (Doniphan) toric Preservation. She has previously worked Elizabeth Rosin (Kansas City) with the Missouri State Parks and recently fin- Deb Sheals (Columbia) ished an internship at Downtown Washington, H. Meade Summers Jr. (Clayton) Inc. Welcome, Riley, to Missouri Preservation! PAGE 2 MISSOURI PRESERVATIO N NEWS WINTER 2016-2017 Missouri Preservation Conference Moved to May SAVE THE DATES - MAY 17-19, 2017 - HANNIBAL Due to planning and logistical concerns, the City of Hannibal and Missouri Preservation have moved the Missouri Preservation Conference to National Preservation Month in May. By moving the conference to May from its original dates of October 19-21, 2016, we hope to avoid conflicts with other fall conferences, as well as plan for an even better educational experience for our preservation commission members, cer- tified local governments, contractors and developers, preservation product vendors, architects and his- torians. The Hannibal area offers many opportunities for heritage education and recreation, with attractions like the Mark Twain Riverboat (right), Jim’s Journey African American heritage museum, and many historical sites related to Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain, including the Mark Twain Museum, Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Becky Thatcher House, and nearby in Florida, Missouri, the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. In the meantime, if you booked a hotel room for the October dates, you may want to call the hotel to cancel and re-book for the May 17-19, 2017 dates. The conference hotel is the Hannibal Best Western on the River. Con- tact them at 573.248.1150. Check for details at www.preservemo.org. For sponsorship opportunities and other in- quiries, please contact: Riley Price [email protected] 660-882-5946 In Memoriam—Paul H. Binder We are saddened to report the passing of Missouri Preservation’s true friend and supporter, Paul Binder. Paul , who worked with Dalco Home Remodel- ing, passed away on July 31, 2016. Our condolences to his friends and family, especially his wife Pat and sons Matthew and Christopher. Memorial tributes were made to Missouri Preservation in his name by Joe Suarez & Cindi Woodrum, Joyce Binder, Philip & Meredith Gnolfo, the Garden Clubs of America, Inc., Karen Bode Baxter, David Burns, Kevin Grelle, Binh Nguyen, Lois Binder, Paul J. Binder and Dorothy Downs. Many thanks to the family and those who contributed in Paul’s memory. WINTER 2016-2017 MISSOURI PRESERVATIO N NEWS PAGE 3 Missouri’s 2016 Places in Peril at the Kansas City Museum Continued on page 4 Missouri Preservation announced its list of Historic Places in Peril for 2016 at a special “Unhappy Hour” Left: Executive Direc- tor Bill Hart an- press conference held at the Kansas City Museum nounces the list of on Friday August 5. This year’s list included eleven Places in Peril for new listings and five listings carried over from 2016 at the Kansas years previous. Nominations are accepted from citi- City Museum. zens statewide and the properties selected are considered endangered for a variety of reasons, including deterioration, neglect, encroachment, potential demolition or a combination of threats. Nominations for this year’s list came from all corners of the state. Please see below for the The 2016 list and go to our website at www.preservemo.org for more information. Thanks to Places in Peril sponsors and supporters, including the Kansas City Museum, Debbie Sheals, Rosin Preservation, Treanor Architects, Strata Ar- chitecture + Preservation and Above: The former Kirksville High School Building in Adair Wallace Engineering. County was one of the eleven new Places in Peril listings. Missouri’s 2016 Historic Places in Peril (in no particular order) The Emmaus Home Campus—Marthasville, Warren County Parsons House—Jefferson City, Cole County Demaree House—House Springs, Jefferson County 222 South 4th Street—St. Joseph, Buchanan County Kirksville High School Building— Kirksville, Adair County Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoe Factory Building—City of Saint Louis “Nelsonhood” - Kansas City, Jackson County Kansas City International Airport—Kansas City, Clay County 8th and Center Streets Baptist Church—Hannibal, Marion County Westland Acres—Chesterfield, St. Louis County Jackson Street Low Water Bridge & McIndoe Park—Joplin Vicinity, Jasper & Newton Counties Old Phillipsburg General Store—Phillipsburg, Laclede County* The James Clemens House—City of Saint Louis* The Route 66 Meramec River Bridge—Eureka, St. Louis County* The Phillip Kaes House—Sherman, Castlewood State Park, St. Louis County* The Bend Road Bridge—Pacific, Franklin County* (*re-listed properties) Watched List & More information on each of the properties at www.preservemo.org. Click on the Places in Peril tab. PAGE 4 MISSOURI PRESERVATIO N NEWS WINTER 2016-2017 Some of Missouri’s 2016 Historic Places in Peril The Emmaus Homes campus in Marthasville (photo below) is scheduled to be closed and its developmentally disabled residents moved to smaller residential facilities. Begun in the 1850s as the German Evangelical Seminary, the cam- pus is comprised of several buildings including a chapel and several dormitory buildings from the 1850s-1950s. It is hoped that the governing body will choose a new owner that is interested in the preservation of these historic buildings. The Demaree House (above) was built by one of the original settlers of the town of Demaree, which eventually became known as House Springs. At the core of the current house is a log structure completed ca. 1837. The current owner says he is amenable to selling this house to an owner that can move it to another site for restoration and reuse. Call our office at 660.882.5946 if you know of someone who might be interested in owning and moving this house or email the owner at [email protected]. The 8th and Center Streets Baptist Church (right) houses the oldest extant African American congregation in the Hannibal area. It has early associations with Blanche Kelso Bruce (1814-1898) who was a black political leader of na- tional prominence in the post– Civil War period. Its congre- gation dwindling in numbers, the church is endangered due to lack of maintenance and funds. Houses in the neighbor- hood of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (below left) are on the Places in Peril list as expansion plans for the Mu- seum call for multiple demolitions in the surrounding neighborhood of substantial homes. The Buster Brown Shoe Factory building (below right) is in danger because of its location in the path of new development for the National Geospatial Agency on St. Louis’s north side. The owner hopes to be able to move this building about 600 feet to the south and reopening as a boutique hotel for the area. WINTER 2016-2017 MISSOURI PRESERVATIO N NEWS PAGE 5 Preservation Day at the Capitol February 1, 2017 billion in private investment has Mention of the Historic group of HPTC advocates met at the Capitol on been leveraged in historic build- Preservation Tax Credit February 1. 2017 to help educate our state legislators ing stock statewide in over 80 (HPTC) Program always about the great things that have been accomplished communities, both urban and seems to spark lively because of the Credit, which allows a 25% tax credit on rural. debate at the State Capi- qualified rehabilitation expenses for the renovation of tol. This year the foes of historic buildings in Missouri. To date over $8.2 At left, Jim Farrell, who works the HPTC have been for the Historic Alliance for Mis- working early and work- souri, goes over talking points ing overtime to cut and for those assembled to visit with cap the Credit.