Southeast Missourian Building is a historic commercial building located at

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540. The city is one of two principal citie ...

. It built in 1924–1925, and is a two-story, white

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and red brick

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style building. It is a steel

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building on a concrete foundation with a full basement and measures approximately 162 feet by 160 feet. The building houses the offices of the ''

Southeast Missourian ''The Southeast Missourian'' is a 3 day per week newspaper published in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and serves (as the name implies) the southeastern portion of Missouri. History The paper began publication on October 3, 1904 as ''The Daily Rep ...

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. It was listed on the

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in 2005.

References

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Mission Revival architecture in Missouri Commercial buildings completed in 1925 Buildings and structures in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri 1925 establishments in Missouri {{CapeGirardeauCountyMO-NRHP-stub