The Traveler’s Hotel: When Downtown Kirksville Had a Major Hotel
Built in 1923–24 near Kirksville’s passenger-rail traffic, the Travelers Hotel became a major downtown lodging and social building before later conversion to apartments.
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Whatever Happened to Kirksville’s Princess Theatre?
Kirksville’s Princess Theatre survived the end of movie exhibition, retail conversions and a 1987 demolition threat to become Princess Emporium.
The Pickler’s Famous Building: The Story Behind a Downtown Kirksville Landmark
The 1887 Pickler’s Famous building on the north side of Kirksville’s Courthouse Square connects Samuel Pickler’s mercantile career with later downtown preservation and reuse.
The Grim Building: Following One Kirksville Building Through a Century of Uses
Built in 1905 for physicians Ezra and Edward Grim, the Grim Building at 113–115 E. Washington became a long-lived downtown professional and commercial building.
Old Baldwin Hall: Reconstructing Truman’s Lost Landmark
Truman’s original Normal Building was completed in 1873, renamed Baldwin Hall in 1905 and destroyed with Library Hall in the January 1924 fire.