The East Columbia Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

located at Farmington,

St. Francois County, Missouri St. Francois County ( ) is a county in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 66,922. The largest city and county seat is Farmington. The county was officially organized on December 19, 18 ...

. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

of Farmington. It developed between about 1879 and 1954, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian, Beaux Arts, and

Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide ve ...

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. ...

style architecture. Notable buildings include the Tetley Jewelry Store (c. 1879), Andy Hahn Building (c. 1919), Lang and Holler Building (c. 1904), U.S. Post Office (c. 1932), and Henry C. Meyer Building (c. 1899), and T.F. Lockridge Harness Co. Building / Wichman Nash Service. (includes 10 photographs from 2003) an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2004 with a boundary increase in 2007.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Victorian architecture in Missouri Beaux-Arts architecture in Missouri Bungalow architecture in Missouri Buildings and structures in St. Francois County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in St. Francois County, Missouri {{StFrancoisCountyMO-NRHP-stub