Oliver-Leming House, Missouri State Flag

Published Wednesday, June 14, 1961 Cape Girardeau today lost the distinction of being home for the original Flag of Missouri. Today it was presented in formal ceremonies at a joint session of the Senate and House in Jefferson City to the State of Missouri to become one of its cherished historic items. Shown in a picture before the flag was taken to Jefferson City Tuesday are a grandson, Jack Oliver, and a son, Allen L. Oliver, of Mrs. R.B. Oliver, who designed the flag and of whom an early day portrait appears in the background. (Photo by G.D. "Frony" Fronabarger, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian)

Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver holding the Missouri state flag she designed.

Home of Sen. R.B. Oliver, 740 North St. in Cape Girardeau. Built in 1898. Architect Jerome B. Legg of St. Louis. Contractor John Messen of Cairo, Ill. It was here that Oliver's wife, Marie Watkins Oliver, designed the Missouri state flag in 1908. House placed on National Register in 1980. Later the home of M.E. Leming. (Haman's Kastle photo, taken from booklet published circa 1900)

The Missouri state flag flies, Tuesday, March 12, outside of the Oliver-Leming House, 740 North Street, in Cape Girardeau. The flag was designed in the house in 1913 by Marie Watkins Oliver, wife of state Senator R.B. Oliver. The home is now owned by Drs. Bert and Mary Ann Kellerman and will be featured in a three-day Missouri Flag Centennial Celebration scheduled for March 21 through March 23. (Adam Vogler)

The Oliver-Leming House, 740 North Street Tuesday, March 12, in Cape Girardeau. The house is where Missouri state flag was designed in 1913 by Marie Watkins Oliver, wife of state Senator R.B. Oliver. The home is now owned by Drs. Bert and Mary Ann Kellerman and will be featured in a three-day Missouri Flag Centennial Celebration scheduled for March 21 through March 23. (Adam Vogler)

The Missouri state flag flies, Tuesday, March 12, outside of the Oliver-Leming House, 740 North Street, in Cape Girardeau. The flag was designed in the house in 1913 by Marie Watkins Oliver, wife of state Senator R.B. Oliver. The home is now owned by Drs. Bert and Mary Ann Kellerman and will be featured in a three-day Missouri Flag Centennial Celebration scheduled for March 21 through March 23. (Adam Vogler)

The Missouri state flag flies, Tuesday, March 12, outside of the Oliver-Leming House, 740 North Street, in Cape Girardeau. The flag was designed in the house in 1913 by Marie Watkins Oliver, wife of state Senator R.B. Oliver. The home is now owned by Drs. Bert and Mary Ann Kellerman and will be featured in a three-day Missouri Flag Centennial Celebration scheduled for March 21 - 23. (Adam Vogler)