Plaques going on several historic buildings Monday

Old Town Cape in partnership with the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau will install 12 bronze plaques on historic buildings around Cape Girardeau on Monday. The plaques, valued at $400 each, will detail the history of the structures.

Many of the buildings' owners will attend a ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday at the CVB to celebrate the occasion. All of these structures are either on the National Register of Historic Places or in the process of getting the designation.

Funding for the plaques was made possible by Old Town Cape, the CVB and an anonymous donor.

The following buildings will receive plaques:

* Millikan Motor Co., 221 Independence St. -- owner, David Hutson.

* The Southeast Missourian building, 301 Broadway -- owner, the Rust family.

* Lang's Jewelers, 126 N. Main -- owner, Roger and Judith Ann Lang.

* Esquire Theater, 824 Broadway -- owner, Phil Brinson.

* Masonic Temple, 121 Broadway -- owner, Su Hill.

* Filburn & Sloan Commission House, 19 N. Water -- owner, Dennis "Doc" Cain.

* Christ Episcopal Church, 101 N. Fountain St. -- owner, Christ Episcopal Church.

* B'Nai Israel Synagogue, 126 S. Main St. -- owner, John and Jerrianne Wyman.

* Meyer Supply Building, 620 Good Hope St. -- owner, Dennis Meyer.

* H&H Building, 400 Broadway -- owner, John & Jerrianne Wyman.

* Buckner-Ragsdale Building, 132 N. Main St. -- owner, Phil Brinson.

* Royal N'Orleans, 300 Broadway -- owner, John and Jerrianne Wyman.

Tim Arbeiter, director of Old Town Cape, said a couple of owners will not immediately put up the plaques because they are planning renovations to the exteriors of their buildings.

-- TJ Greaney