Kalb's Station - Boonville, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 58.521 W 092° 44.729
15S E 522046 N 4314071
Not made up tourist item, but real history. Built as a Gas Station when this street was US-40. Now the street is just a quiet residential lane.
Waymark Code: WM14ZXY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/20/2021
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County of structure: Cooper County
Location of structure: 4th St. & Spring St., Boonville
Built: 1929
The history of this station is backed up by local historical society and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Built as a gas station, and during World War II when it failed , was bought a converted into an church.
When converted it was the Church of Gods Holiness, today it is the Light of Christ Apostolic Church
"Built: 1929
Style/Design: Vernacular
By 1929 the structure was used as a gas station. It was converted to a
church in 1943. Marvin Kalb (Ex Postmaster) operated this as a gas station when Highway 40 was
routed out West Spring Street.
"Th1S structure s primary façade (E)
has a projecting bay with a gable roof and a double leaf entrance. It
has a small steeple. The N bay of this façade has a pent roof and an
entrance. Windows are l-over-l and the corbel brick sill is evident
under the stucco. The S façade has a gable roof intersecting the main
hip roof. On the NW corner part of the original structure is still
evident. It has a hip roof, 3 large multipane windows to the W, a
large window and chimney to the N and an entrance now set into a pointed arch panel on the S.
"The building sits at the NW corner of 4th & Spring Streets,
facing E. Concrete drives and parking spaces surround the structure." ~ Boonville Historic Survey PDF pages 409-412