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In 1861 General Ulysses S. Grant approved the construction of four forts at strategic locations around the city of Cape Girardeau. They were named Forts A, B, C, and D. [15] Fort A was positioned on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River at the north edge of town and was meant to defend the city against Confederate gunboats on the river.
Broadway and North Fountain Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.The district encompasses four contributing buildings in the central business district of Cape Girardeau built between 1907 and 1937.
The district encompasses 26 contributing buildings in the central business district of Cape Girardeau. It developed between about 1880 and 1958, and includes representative examples of Italianate , Colonial Revival , Mission Revival , and Streamline Moderne style architecture.
In 1799, American settlers founded the first English school west of the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau at a landmark called Mount Tabor, named by the settlers for the Biblical Mount Tabor. [10] The town of Cape Girardeau was incorporated in 1808, prior to Missouri statehood. It was reincorporated as a city in 1843.
Location of Cape Girardeau County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude ...
South Middle Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings in an exclusively residential section of Cape Girardeau.
Broadway Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly commercial section of Cape Girardeau.
Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In 2000, the area listed was 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) and included 17 contributing buildings. In a first increase, an 1891 contributing building at 101 North Main Street was added.