Kimmswick Historic District Explained

Kimmswick Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:38.3667°N -90.3642°W
Architecture:Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Bungalow/craftsman
Added:July 24, 2007
Refnum:07000752

Kimmswick Historic District is a historic national historic district located at Kimmswick, Jefferson County, Missouri. The district encompasses 44 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Kimmswick. It developed between about 1859 and 1940 and includes representative examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Barbagallo House (c. 1850), Bernard Klein House (c. 1865), Horninghauser House (c. 1865), Franz A Hermann / John O'Heim House and Brewery (c. 1859), Kimmswick Post Office (1914), Martin Meyer Building (c. 1880), The Old Market (c. 1877), Rauschenbach Building (1884), Phillip Meyer Building (c. 1875), Ambrose Ziegler House (c. 1925), and Kimmswick City Hall (c. 1903).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kimmswick Historic District. 2017-01-01. Becky L. Snider. PDF. April 2007. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 10 photographs from 2006)