Council to Approve Designation of 17 Landmarks Next Monday

Members of the Columbia City Council will be able to give a big boost to historic preservation efforts next Monday evening if they approve landmark designation for seventeen buildings across the city.

The proposed landmark buildings are the following:

1. Fort Piggott - 11562 Bluff Rd.
2. Stone Arch Bridge - Gall Rd. & Illinois 3
3. Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church – 118 W. Liberty
4. Gundlach-Grosse Home - 625 N. Main St.
5. Wagner-Gundlach Home - 404 N. Main St.
6. William G. Rose Home - 105 N. Metter Ave.
7. First National Bank Building (now Estes Financial) - 102 S. Main St.
8. Charles Breidecker Home - 217 S. Main St.
9. Nicholas & Anna Ferkel Home - 501 S. Rapp
10. Turner Dance Pavilion - Metter Park
11. Nolan-Schneider Home - 508 S. Main St.
12. Theodore & Mary Schaefer Home - 305 S. Main St.
13. Alfred Henckler Home - 124 S. Metter Ave.
14. Immaculate Conception Cemetery - Bluffside Road
15. John Weist Home - 304 N. Main St.
16. Conrad Wenkel Old Mill Saloon & Inn (now Our House Coffee & Crafts) - 125 N. Rapp Ave.
17. Henry N. Kunz Home - 404 E. Centerville Rd.

One building was held out from the list pending consultation with the current property owner:

• R.P. Briegel Home - 620 N. Metter Ave.

Two buildings were held out pending preparation of a landmark application:

• Miller-Fiege Home – 140 S. Main St.
• Shoemaker Schoolhouse – Gall Rd. & Illinois 3