Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company Building Explained

Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company Building
Coordinates:38.9747°N -92.75°W
Architecture:Early 20th Cen. Industrial
Added:March 16, 1990
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Boonville Missouri MRA
Refnum:82005305

Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company Building, now the Selwyn Place Apartments, is a historic factory building located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1919 by the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, and is a four-story, rectangular brick industrial building with a flat roof. The roof is framed by a corbelled parapet capped with tile coping. The building features a five-story elevator tower and four-story tower which housed restrooms. Also on the property are the contributing power plant building and oil house.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company Building. 2016-11-01. Preservation Planning Section. PDF. May 1989. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.