Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District

Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses 23 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jackson. It developed between about 1880 and 1953, and includes representative examples of Classical Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Cape Girardeau County Savings Bank (c. 1885, 1952), Kertsners's Drug Store (c. 1900), Cape Girardeau County Courthouse (c. 1906–1908) designed by P.H. Weathers, and Jones Drug Store (c. 1885, 1908).[2]

Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District
Cape Girardeau County Courthouse, July 2011
Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District is located in Missouri
Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District
Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District is located in the United States
Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Court, Main, Missouri and High Sts., Jackson, Missouri
Coordinates37°22′57″N 89°40′6″W / 37.38250°N 89.66833°W / 37.38250; -89.66833
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1923 (1923)
ArchitectP.H. Weathers
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.05001562[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 2006

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Melinda Winchester (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2016.