Kress Building (Columbia, Missouri)

Kress Building
Location 1025 E. Broadway, Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°57′7″N 92°19′32″W / 38.95194°N 92.32556°W / 38.95194; -92.32556Coordinates: 38°57′7″N 92°19′32″W / 38.95194°N 92.32556°W / 38.95194; -92.32556
Area less than one acre
Architectural style two-part commercial
MPS Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPS
NRHP Reference # 05000122[1]
Added to NRHP March 9, 2005

The Kress Building, also known as Kress Wholesale Company Store and Mehornay Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located in downtown Columbia, Missouri. It was built in 1910 for the S. H. Kress & Co., and remodeled in about 1946. It is a tall two-story, brick building with an open storefront topped by horizontal metal banding, that consists of large plate glass windows.[2]:5-6 The building has seen a variety of uses and is currently host two night clubs: Club Generic on the second story, and The Piano Bar on the Ground.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Debbie Sheals (May 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kress Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.


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