Historic Sites

Second-hand retail business operated by F.E. Adams and F.M. Stark during the early 1900s.

Poplar Bluff's finest example of Craftsman-style architecture, built by local builder Alfred W. Greer.

Early 1900s mercantile company with J.M. Allison as president.

Hotel operated by Mrs. Grace Guentzel.

Lunch stand on Pine Street.

Dry goods and grocery store operated by Armon Walker.

Neo-Classical bank building at 200 S. Main, cited as the best example of Neo-Classical architecture in Poplar Bluff.

One of the leading financial institutions in Southeast Missouri, organized in 1886 and documented in the 1898 Poplar Bluff Republican Holiday Supplement as standing 'pre-eminent' among regional banking houses.

Early downtown banking establishment, replaced in 1914 by the Neo-Classical Bank of Poplar Bluff building at the same Main Street location.

Barbecue restaurant on North Front Street.

Grocery business operated by W.R.A. Barnes in the early 1900s.

A striking Victorian-era home photographed circa 1892, believed to be the residence of William F. Baumhoefer and his family during Poplar Bluff's early years of growth.

Poplar Bluff's Benton School (1885) stood at College & Lindsay. The building was demolished in 1922; the site became the Williamson-Kennedy School campus.

Hardware and mercantile store on South Broadway.

An early 20th-century bakery and confectionery operating at 216 S. Main Street, documented in multiple Poplar Bluff city directories of the early 1900s.

A regional real estate and land abstract business serving Butler and Ripley counties from offices in Poplar Bluff and Doniphan, active by 1898.

Built in 1928, Brandon Hospital was one of Poplar Bluff's first hospitals and became widely recognized through historic postcards. Previously operating at 216 S. Main.

The largest producer of barrel staves in the United States, which built its own railroad line to transport timber.

The original Butler County Courthouse, wrecked in the 1927 tornado that devastated Poplar Bluff.

The magnificent Butler County Courthouse has served as the center of local government since 1928, featuring stunning Classical Revival architecture.

Restaurant and cafe operated by proprietor F. K. Goodwin.

Small grocery store on Main Street.

Poplar Bluff's first permanent brick schoolhouse, built in the Victorian era with a distinctive tower and classical architectural details characteristic of late 19th-century institutional buildings.

Hotel on South Main Street.

Meat market and butcher shop on Broadway.