Historic images of Sprigg Street

A 1921 photo of the Sigma Nu house, which was listed in a 1920 city directory as the home of Theodore and Bertha Ochs. (Photo from Freck Shivelbine collection)

An undated photo of the tollgate bridge on Rock Levee Road along South Sprigg Street. (Southeast Missourian archives)

An undated photo of National Food Stores, formerly located at the northwest corner of Sprigg and William streets. (Southeast Missourian archives)

This photo in 1968 shows the area National Foods had plans of buying and expanding its store on. In the foreground is the old Sugar Creek Creamery building. (Southeast Missourian archives)

A building built around 1850, pictured in 1965, at the corner of Broadway and Sprigg Street. (Southeast Missourian archives)

One of Cape Girardeau's Nussbaum buildings, pictured in 1936, near the intersection of Sprigg Street and Good Hope Street. (Southeast Missourian archives)

The old Ford Groves, in an undated photo, at Sprigg and Themis streets. (Southeast Missourian archives)

Following the demolition of St. Mary's High School, construction begins on National Food Stores in 1959. (Southeast Missourian archives)

The Hirsch Brothers Store at Sprigg and Good Hope streets is seen in this undated photo. (Southeast Missourian archives)

A home once located at 226 and 228 S. Sprigg St. in a photo dated 1973. (Southeast Missourian archives)

An undated photo of Arboretta, 2013 N. Sprigg St. Arboretta was the estate of Judge I.R. Kelso, who came to Cape Girardeau in 1906. (Southeast Missourian archives)

An undated photo of South Sprigg Street, with the old Saint Francis Hospital in the foreground and St. Mary's Catholic Church in the background. (Southeast Missourian archives)