Fifth Street, Between Water Street & Union Pacific Railroad Tracks, Boonville, Cooper County, MO
Summary
Significance: The Fifth Street cobblestone pavement is a surviving vestige of Boonville's commercial prominence during the antebellum period. Located along a steep hillslope called Wharf Hill, the cobblestone street enhanced a thriving river trade by serving as the principal artery between the city's commercial district and the riverfront wharves.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N943
Survey number: HAER MO-81
Building/structure dates: ca. 1832 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1922-1924 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
City of Boonville
Jones, Glenn, field team
Missouri Highway & Transportation Department, sponsor
Kumar, Rebecca, transmitter
Schmitz, Shaun, photographer
Austin, David, historian
Location
Boonville (Mo.), 38.97364, -92.74324
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html