State Historic Preservation Office

A Sampling of Architectural Surveys

Below are links to some of the architectural surveys, reports and maps held in the State Historic Preservation Office's inventory in Jefferson City.

Each link in the list below leads to a PDF of a short survey report, a map or a survey (usually a set of inventory forms and photographs). The surveys themselves are large --  file sizes range from 1 MB to 100 MB; the time required for loading will depend on your connection speed. For best results download each pdf to your computer (right-click and choose "save link as") rather than attempting to view the pdf in your browser. You may obtain a free copy of Adobe Reader software required to read the materials by visiting our Help page.

Please note that some surveys were prepared by professionals and others by volunteers with a variety of skill sets. More importantly, these surveys, maps and reports reflect the terms used to categorize significance at the time the surveys were made. A district or building that may have been determined to have potential for listing in the National Register of Historic Places when the survey was made, may have been so altered since that point that a nomination is no longer possible. Please contact the SHPO for information on assessing an individual property's eligibility for listing in the National Register and on the survey process that helps communities evaluate the resources they have.

The following surveys are currently available for download:

• Adair County:
  • Historic Inventory: Kirksville: Report, Map and Survey
• Downtown Kirksville: Report and Survey
• Bates County:
  • Downtown Butler: Report, Map and Survey
• Boone County:
  • Locust Historic Study Area - Columbia: Map & Survey
  • West Broadway Historic District: Report, Map and Survey  
• Buchanan County:
  • William T. Harris Historic Neighborhood: Report and Map
  • Museum Hill: Report, Map and Survey
• Callaway County:
  • Rural Churches of Callaway County: Report, Map and Survey
• Cape Girardeau County:
  • Cape Girardeau: Report, Map and Survey
  • Downtown Commercial and Residential Cape Girardeau: Report, Map and Survey
• Christian County:
  • City of Ozark: Report, Map and Survey
• Cole County:
  • Jefferson City Historic East: Report, Map and Survey
  • Moreau Drive Neighborhood: Survey
  • State Capitol Historic District: Report, Map and Survey
• Crawford County:
  • Cuba: Report, Map and Survey
• Howard County:
  • Glasgow: Report and Survey
• Jackson County:
  • Grandview: Report, Map and Survey
  • Old Town Historic District (boundary increase IV), Kansas City: Map and Survey
  • Park Avenue, Kansas City: Survey
  • Country Side East Survey, Kansas City: Report, Map & Survey
• Jasper County:
  • Downtown Joplin: Map, Survey Part 1 and Part 2
• Lincoln County:
  •  Troy Downtown District: Report and Survey
• Madison County:
  • Fredericktown Phase I: Report, Map and Survey
  • Fredericktown Phase II: Report, Map and Survey
• Moniteau County:
  • Downtown California: Report, Map and Survey
• Pike County:
  • Louisiana: Report, Map and Survey
• Randolph County:
  • Moberly Downtown Commercial Historic District: Map & Survey
• St. Louis City:
  • Central Business District - West: Map and Survey
  • Clifton Heights: Report, Map and Survey
  • The Ville Survey: Report and Map
• St. Louis County:
  • Gore-Lockwood District:  Report, Map and Survey
  • Pasadena Hills: Report, Map, Survey Part 1 and Part 2
  • University Hills: Survey
• Scott County:
  • Sikeston Historic Business District: Survey
• Vernon County:
  • Nevada: Report, Map and Survey
• Statewide/Multiple Counties:
  • Mill Survey S.C. Ozarks: Report, Map and Survey
  • Rural Churches of Missouri:  A Study of Architectural Types 1819 to 1945
  • One-Teacher Public Schools of Missouri (the Rural Churches and the One-Teacher Schools are not surveys, but both are based on surveys of Missouri property types, and each provides a context to simplify the National Register process for listing rural churches and one-teacher schools that meet the specified criteria)

For more information about these and other surveys, please call our survey coordinator at 573-526-1680 or arrange a visit to our inventory in the department's Lewis and Clark State Office Building. Our inventory is open to the public and serves both as a comprehensive database for cultural resource management and a valuable research archive. Our hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., but please call 573-751-7861 for an appointment so we can make certain the materials you need will be available to you.