Cape construction, 1930s

Last week's blog took a look at Cape Girardeau commercial construction in the 1920s, as revealed in the Missourian's Year-End and Achievement editions. Today, we continue that study with a list of commercial structures built in the 1930s.

The list includes such notable buildings as Houck Stadium, Red Star Baptist Church, the Nazarene Church, Knights of Columbus Hall, St. Vincent's College gymnasium, and the Superior Electric Co. factory. Also note the large number of filling stations built in this decade, with a number of them located on Highway 61

1930

Houck Field Stadium

Academic Hall annex

Christ Evangelical Church, South Ellis and Merriwether streets

Missouri Pacific freight depot, Independence and South Frederick

Dormeyer Pharmacy, 1127 Broadway

C.H. Butler, tourist unit, Highway 61

Southeast Missouri Telephone Co. office building, Broadway and Ellis

Southeast Missouri Packing Co. annex, Highway 61

Cities Service Oil Co., wholesale quarters, South Cape

Standard Oil Co. filling station, 432 Morgan Oak St.

C.H. Unger, filling station and repair service, Mason and Chestnut

Anton Haas, storage garage, 212 rear S. Sprigg St.

Louis Hecht, filling station, Good Hope and Spanish

Continental Oil Co. filling station, Good Hope and Ellis

Phillips Petroleum Co. super-service station, 1201 Broadway

Riverside Ice & Fuel Co. filling station, 614 N. Main St.

William Day, residence and restaurant, 300 S. Fountain St.

A.H. Gerhardt & Son office building, 224 N. Middle St.

Marquette Cement Mfg. Co., water evaporation plant, two-story brick, South Cape

F.W. Keller, concrete mixing plant, South Henderson and Independence

1931

Franklin School annex

Fire station annex

Washington School annex

L. Haman, filling station, Highway 61

J.A. Serena, filling station, Highway 61

W.T. Jones, store building, Missouri avenue

Pleas Wilkerson, store building, West Broadway

J.L. Wescoat, filling station, West Broadway

J.L. Wescoat, confectionery, West Broadway

Louis Kaufman, filling station, North Main

Hirsch Bros. Co., store building, North Main

New Rigdon Laundry annex, 22 N. Sprigg St.

Missouri Utilities Co., water plant (three structures)

L. James, filling station and restaurant, Highway 61

John Wachter, filling station, South Frederick

W.H. Stubbs, refreshment building, West Broadway

Riverside Ice & Fuel Co., building, Morgan Oak

Cape Oil Co., filling station, Broadway and Middle

H.C. Phillips, filling station, North Main and First streets

T.J. Seabaugh, brick storeroom, 730 N. Spanish St.

M.E. Leming Jr., filling station, 118 S. Spanish St.

Mid-Continent Petroleum Crop., filling station, Sprigg and Themis

Bollinger & Zimmerman, cleaning establishment, 119 N. Sprigg St.

1932

Simpson Oil Co.'s Colonial Tavern, West Broadway and Highway 61

Federal Building annex, 120 N. Fountain St.

Cape Girardeau Memorial Works plant, 2203 Broadway

Red Star Baptist Tabernacle, 1307 N. Main St.

Southeast Missouri Lumber Co. shed, Archer street

Pure Ice Co. annex, 316 S. Ellis St.

W.H. Stubbs, confectionery, 1725 Broadway

William Day, gasoline filling station, 400 Good Hope St.

J.R. Davis, gasoline filling station, 1 N. West End Blvd.

P.W. Wilkinson, two-story brick garage, 15 Merriwether St.

Roth Tobacco Co. annex, three-story brick, 102 S. Frederick St.

A.E. Landgraf, gasoline filling station, 1 S. West End Blvd.

Airline Oil Co., super service unit and six cottages, Highway 61

1933

Cape Girardeau Sand Co., building, North Main

Joy-Tarbell Lumber Co., planning mill, Red Star suburb

Val Fischer, one-story frame Home Bakery, Marble City Heights suburb

Montgomery Ward & Co., department store, 18-24 N. Main St.

Mid-Continent Oil Co., brick service station, Themis and Sprigg streets

Charles A. Juden, central heating plant, 5, 7, 9 rear N. Main St.

1934

Stout Oil Co., brick filling station 915 Broadway

Nazarene Church, concrete and frame, Park and Merriwether

Airline Oil Co., brick filling station, 1 S. Main St.

New Rigdon Laundry, brick annex, 22 N. Sprigg St.

Harris Motor Co., brick annex, 232 Broadway

Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P Store), one-story brick, 28 N. Main St.

Kroger Grocer & Baking Co., one-story brick, 30 N. Main St.

Joe E. Moore, frame dance pavilion, West Broadway

Henry Vogelsant, one-story frame restaurant, 620 N. Main St.

William Day, two-story brick store, 400 Good Hope St.

Cape Girardeau School of Beauty Culture, brick annex, 911 Broadway

Sinclair Refining Co., one-story brick filling station, 201 Broadway

Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp., one-story brick filling station, 434 S. Sprigg St.

Church of God and Christ, frame church, Village of Girardeau

Dr. S. Doggett, one-story brick garage, West Broadway

Cape Girardeau Stockyards, frame auction building, Highway 61

Houck Field House, concrete annex

1935

Missouri Utilities Co. power plant annex, East Mason

G.F. Golightly, metal shop building, 420 S. Sprigg St.

James & Bowers, brick garage, 120 N. Middle St.

Naeter Bros. Publishing Co., brick and stucco engraving plant, 301 Broadway

Valet Cleaners, brick laudry and cleaning plant, Spanish and Mason

H.L. Lueders, photographic studio, 427 Broadway

Kelso Oil Co., brick gasoline filling station, Main and Merriwether

W.C. Mehrle, frame store building, Cape Rock drive

J.M. Haman, frame restaurant, Highway 61

Martin Oil Co., frame gasoline filling station, 10 S. West End Blvd.

Otto Deimund, frame restaurant annex, Highway 61

Texas Oil Co., brick gasoline filling station, 34 S. Frederick St.

J.H. Adams, two-story brick gasoline filling station and commercial buildings, Highways 61 and 74

1936

Knights of Columbus, two-story brick club building, South Spanish

Farmers & Merchants Bank, two-story addition, South Sprigg street

Hotel Marquette, six-story addition, North Fountain

Dr. John St. Avit, one-story brick store building, 612 Good Hope

T.J. Seabaugh, one-story brick store building, 730 N. Spanish

Kelso Oil Co., brick addition to office building, North Main

W.J. Dollar, two story brick store and apartment, Cape Rock drive

H.A. Nussbaum, one-story brick store building, 312-316 S. Sprigg St.

Marquette Cement Mfg. Co., 350-foot concrete stack and coal pulverizing plant, South Cape

Anderson Livestock & Commission Co., concrete block sales building, Highway 61

1937

Lorimier School

The (A.C. Brase) Arena (Building), community center

Marquette Cement Mfg. Co., Natatorium

Chamber of Commerce, factory building

H.A. Steinhoff, two-story brick store, Pearl

Missouri Utilities Co., steel shop building

Rueseler Motor Co., two-story brick addition

St. Mary's Parish, two-story brick school building

John S. Cobb School, brick auditorium-gymnasium

Colonial Tavern, two-story frame addition, Highway 61

Buckner-Ragsdale Clothing Co., two-story brick addition

Will Blechle (Casita Grill), one-story stucco, Outer drive

Campbell Mattress Mfg. Co., one-story brick, 6 S. Hanover St.

Mrs. Bess Kilgore, one-story brick filling station, Broadway

Harris Motor Co., one-story brick storage garage, North Spanish

B'Nai Israel congregation, brick synagogue, South Main

Moon Distributing Co., one-story brick wholesale building, Highway 61

Pollack Hide & Fur Co., one-story brick warehouse, Independence

1938

State Teachers College, two-story stone (Kent) library

St. Vincent's College, brick gymnasium

Central Packing Co., one-story brick addition

Saint Francis Hospital, seven-story brick addition

E.L. Markham, one-story brick garage, North Main street

Joe L. Moseley, one-story brick store, 733 Broadway

State Teachers College, four-story men's dormitory

Superior Electric Products Corp., two-story brick factory

V.J. Clemens, one-story brick store building, 6 Broadway

Polack Hide & Fur Co., one-story brick, West Independence

Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, three-story brick addition

Chris Bauer, one-story brick medical building, 714 Broadway

M.H.G. Houck, two-story brick store building, Independence

Valet Cleaners, one-story brick addition, 833 N. Spanish St.

Continental Oil Co., one-story brick addition, 401 S. Sprigg St.

Chris Bauer, one-story brick medical building, 215 N. Sprigg St.

Midwest Dairy Products Corp., brick addition, South Spanish

Central Packing Co., two-story concrete and metal rendering plant

L.F. Brenneisen, one-story frame amusement center, Highway 61

Polack Hide & Fur Co., one-story brick garage, West Independence

L.H. Landgraf Lumber Co., frame retail building, West Independence

1939

W.T. Yow, two-story frame store building, North Fountain street

Missouri Utilities Co., brick power plant addition, Mason street

Landgraf Lumber Co., frame shop building, 1459 Independence St.

Church of the Nazarene, brick, Park and Merriwether

Pipkin-Boyd-Neal Packing Co., brick addition, Highway 61

Campell Matress Mfg. Co., warehouse, 6 S. Hanover St.

Kimbel Truck Lines, stone garage building, 3 S. Park Ave.

Standard Oil Co., brick filling station, Sprigg and Themis

Standard Oil Co., Mississippi River terminal, South Cape

Marquette Cement Mfg. Co., raw mix mill, South Cape

Giboney Houck, brick warehouse, 5 rear N. Main St.

Anton Haas, brick filling station, 1 N. Sprigg