Troy Free Press - Downtown Troy Historic District - Troy, MO
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N 38° 58.781 W 090° 58.855
15S E 674894 N 4316460
Ward & Childers were publishers from 1878 to 1943
Waymark Code: WMR46Q
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2016
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Count of building: Lincoln County
Location of building: 175 E. Cherry St., Troy
City Lot # 136
Date built: 1922
Historic Name: Troy Free Press
Current Owner: Thrift Store
"175 E. Cherry Street (Contributing)
The Troy Free Press building at 175 E. Cherry Street was constructed in 1922. The one-story
building has a flat roof, exterior brick walls and a concrete foundation. At the southwest corner
of the façade is the primary entry bay. The entrance has been altered with the addition of a
contemporary glass and metal commercial style door. The transom above the door is covered
with plywood, as are façade window transoms. The entry is offset at the east by three fixed sash
original commercial style windows. The door and windows are surrounded by glazed white brick
which also adorns the upper façade wall and corner entry elevation above the door. The façade
also retains an original painted sign – “Troy Free Press” – visible on the upper façade and
surrounded by a glazed brick rectangle. Stepped brick corbelling extends horizontally above the
façade’s glazed brick band. Windows on the north elevation have been altered and hold one over-one
aluminum sash lights. The roofline is stepped with metal coping." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"By that time [1870s], Troy supported two newspapers: Troy Herald (a merger of the former Lincoln County Herald, est. 1865 and Troy Dispatch, est. 1871) and Troy
Free Press, which began publication in 1878" Troy Chamber of Commerce, Souvenir Program: The Story of Troy, 140th Anniversary. (Troy,
MO: Self-published, 1941), page 35
"In 1901, Troy had two public schools, six churches, two banks, a flour mill, two newspapers
(Troy Free Press and People's Version), two hotels, and "about half a hundred other business
places, including stores in different lines of trade, lumber and coal yards, shops, etc." ~ Howard L. Conard, ed., Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri (St. Louis: The Southern History Company,
1901), pg. 219