Slumbertown Motel in Boonville, Missouri
Pete's Fountain Service at 314 Main Street in Boonville, Missouri. Postcard is circa 1945 and before the move to Pete's Cafe in Boonville.
A $5 bank bill from the Boonville National Bank.
Mary Beck's Bakery or confectionary shop is located on the left and J Henry Ruchmeyer's cigar shop is the smaller building on the right. The building now destroyed was built in 1865 and was located on the corner of Main and Court Streets in Boonville, Missouri. This photograph was taken in 1890.
A Carte de viste by an unknown photographer of the east side of Main Street between Morgan and Spring Streets. This photograph was taken circa 1866. These buildings were built in the 1840 to 1849 time frame and demolished during the 1890 to 1899 time frame.
An 1870 photograph of the Boonville commercial area looking at the northeast corner of Main and Morgan Streets. These buildings were built in the 1840 to 1849 time frame and demolished during the 1890 to 1899 time frame.
This historic photograph of the Central National Bank was taken in 1871. It was built circa 1865, and the bank was established by Colonel Joseph L. Stephens. This photograh bareley shows two cast metal dogs on the facade given to Stephens by jay gould as a token of appreciation for the assistance Stephens had given him in extending his western railroad empire. The building was further ornamented by a clock, a pair of busts, and above oil, a large statue of Liberty. The dogs are now preserved at the entrace of Boonville's Laura Speed Elliott Middle School as a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kurtz.
This 1871 photograph is the City Hotel located on High Street in Boonville. It was built circa 1844 by a corpation approved and incorporated by an act of the Missouri Legislature on 15 February 1841. Of great historical interest, this hotel was for many years the meeting place of many famous early day characters. Captain and Mrs. McPherson, the proprietors, were famous for their hospitality and good food. During the Civil War the building was occupied by soldiers on various occasions and was the scene of several exciting events. Completely altered by Mr. Cochran, a contractor, circa 1910. Of the original building onaly a few mantels, some doors and the columns with the capitals from the front veranda remain. The mantels are of simple, late Greek Revival design, popular in boonville during the lat e forties and fifties. The doors are of the six panel type. The columns and capitals of the portico were preserved and are used on the porch of the present residence.
This 1871 photograph is the City Hotel located on Morgan Street in Boonville. This photo is looking west down the street.
The Commercial Hotel is located in Boonville. The two story section to the left of the three story center building built in 1835. The three story section completed circa 1847. Other sections were completed in the 1870s and 1880s. This photograph was taken in 1936.
The Gray Hotel is located on Morgan Street in Boonville, Missouri. The east portion was built around 1835 and the west portion was built in 1845. Acording to Miss Lottie Crews of Boonville, her great-aunt Mrs. James Dow, widow of a pioneer Boonville dentist, built the house just prior to the Civil War. From the design of the woodwork in the west portion of the house, it would semm possible that Mrs. Dow could have built it during hte late 1850s, but the east portion is an earlier design. <BR><BR> The log cabin behind the Gray Hotel is said to be one of the oldest surviving houses in Boonville. It is behind a brick building dating from 1832 and may have been built by an early owner of the lot. It is more likely that it was a slave cabin. The photograph made in 1934 and since that time the log has fallen into a semi=ruined condition. This photograph shows the detail of joining of the two sections of the building.
The Gray Hotel is located on Morgan Street in Boonville, Missouri. This photograph shows the detail detail of the southeast corner; showing the molded brick cornice.
The Gray Hotel is located on Morgan Street in Boonville, Missouri. This photograph shows the detail of the east wall showing the handmade brick and bonding.
The Gray Hotel is located on Morgan Street in Boonville, Missouri. This photograph shows the outbuilding and rear of the house.
The Thomas Parks Building located between Fourth and Main Streets in Boonville was built circa 1830. Legend has long maintained that this building was used by David Barton as a law office folliwing his move from St. Louuis in the Laste fall of 1836. Barton did buy a house from Thomas Parks on or near the site of this building, but it does not seem likely that he used it as an office. However, this building was an early type of frame construction with brick nogging between the heavy hew frame. In 1869 it was being used by J. B. Kaiser as Kaiser's Hotel. Considerable changes have been made to the structure including veneering the front with brick and otherwise changing its originial lines. The building was demolished in 1935. This view shows the brick nogging.
The Thomas Parks Building located between Fourth and Main Streets in Boonville was built circa 1830. This view shows the brick veneer front facade.
The former Hamilton Brown Shoe Factory located in Boonville, Missouri.
This photograph is of the Boonville Wine Company. The building was constructed during the late 1850s. The company itself was incorporated in 1855 and ceased operated before 1869. THe buildings are located in a valley east of the present day Boonville city park, with access to the river. Wine cellars were built into the hills behind the main stone buildings. The main building is fifty by one hundred feet and is constructed of local sandstone. Semi-circular arch above the dorr and unusal treatment of the window lintels. These show a stone slab spanning the opening on the inside of the walls, and slighty pointed arches, consisting of two stone slabs, on the exterior surface. This area was used as a landing by Union troops during the Civil War. This photograph was taken around 1895 by Dr. Charles Swap and is a general view of the main building with vineyards in the surrounding hills.
This photograph is of the Boonville Wine Company. This photograph was taken around 1895 by Dr. Charles Swap and is a general view of the main building wall.
This photograph is of the Boonville Wine Company. This photograph was taken around 1895 by Dr. Charles Swap and is a general view ruins, which have by been completed covered.
A 1906 postcard view of the Hotel Frederick located in Boonville.
A 1930's postcard of Holt's Cafe in Boonville.
A 1940's postcard view of the Kit Carson Motel in Boonville.
A 1960's postcard view of the Kit Carson Motel in Boonville.
A postcard view of the now demolished St. Joseph's Hospital in Boonville. The new wing is shown on the right and the original wing is on the left.
A $5 banknote issued by the Boonville National Bank.
The Lyric Theater in Boonville.
The old Windmill Restaurant and truck stop outside of Boonville on the interesction of Route B and I-70.
A postcard photograph of the old Victor Clothing Building located in downtown Boonville. Later it became the local JC Penney.
A photograph of a boy and his dog from the Fruby Art Galley, once located in Boonville.
The St. Joseph Sanatarium located at the corner of 7th and Locust Street. Later, St. Joseph's Hospital was built and this building became and apartment building. Photograph was taken in 1906.
An 1881 cabinet card by J. C. Macurdy. Macurdy was likely the most noted and prolific photographer in Cooper County. The name of the subject is unknown.
The back of yet another cabinet card of the noted photograph, J. C. Macurdy.
This boarding house was located on Spring Street in Boonville; close to the railroad depot. Nothing else is known of this boarding house.
A sheet of stationary from the old Boonville Mills.