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 Webb City, Missouri 64870 Posted by:  iconions
N 37° 08.831 W 094° 27.894
15S E 369906 N 4112204
This two-story, stone Classic Revival building is located at 220 West Daugherty in Webb City, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM16TN1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2022
Views: 1
The Building
220 W. Daugherty
U.S. Post Office
ca. 1916
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This is a one-story Classical Revival style building is clad in smooth stone blocks with a rectangular plan and a flat roof. The building was constructed to house the U.S. Post Office which was once located at 100-108 N. Webb. The facade fronts W. Daugherty to the north and features a full-height portico, which is narrow in depth. The portico holds six stone Doric columns with the entablature featuring dentils with the words inscribe “United States Post Office” below the dentils. The centered entrances have a double glass and metal door flanked by coupled tall and narrow windows with transoms. To the east and west of the centered entrance are slightly off-set wings that hold coupled windows that mirror those in the centered entrance. The west elevation holds two windows that mirror those on the facade. The south elevation (rear) faces a paved parking lot. The wing sections of the south elevation hold the same windows as found on the facade. The center section of the elevation features a small projecting enclosed loading dock (attached to the main building; unknown date when constructed) with a garage bay door on the south elevation of the loading dock and a metal door on the west elevation. The center section of the main building holds three large windows that match those of the facade, but the center window is partly covered by the loading dock addition. Located on the east elevation is an ADA ramp (ca. 1990) that provides access to the interior through an entrance located at the northernmost end. The east elevation features windows that mirror the facade.
- National Register Application
The Town
Webb City (Webbville) was platted by John C. Webb in September 1875 and incorporated in December 1876, with a population of 700. The city was located on a portion of Webb's 200-acre farm, which he entered in February 1857. There, in 1873, Webb discovered lead while plowing. With the assistance of W.A. Daugherty, he sank the first pump-shaft in 1874. Webb then leased his land to Daugherty and G.P. Ashcraft. In 1876, the Center Creek Mining Company leased the land and began operations. Some 20 years later, 700 mines were located within the limits of Webb City and adjacent Carterville, and the district ranked first in the production of zinc ore.
Webb aided the city in its material development. He donated land for a school and the first Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He built the Webb City Bank and the first hotel.
The St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad was built to Webb City in 1879, followed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1881. The population increased from 1,588 in 1880 to 9,201 in 1900. After the success of the first Webb City sheet ground mine ("Yellow Dog") in the 1890s, business boomed. The 100-room Newland Hotel was built and co-educational Webb City College was established. The Webb City Mining District was prominently represented at the Chicago Columbia Exposition in 1893 and at the 1898 Omaha International Exhibit. Webb City received for its mineral display the only silver medal awarded. A.H. Rogers built a mule streetcar line from Webb City to Carterville, 1889, the predecessor of the SouthWest Missouri Electric Railway, established 1893, and expanded in the 1900s to become the Southwest Missouri Railroad Company. a vast inter-urban system with a power plant, car barns and an employee clubhouse at Webb City.
The influx of miners supported a thriving saloon district on Daugherty Street, also called "Red Hot Street." However due to the Prohibition movement and efforts of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the city voted to become a dry city in 1910.
During World War I, zinc and lead concentrate produced in the Webb City ~ Carterville ~ Prosperity District were valued at more than $18 million. Webb City's population increased to some 15,000.
In 1914, the Webb City Register reported that "an aggregation" took responsibility to limit the African American population of the city. The Register would describe the 1916 population of 40 Black residents as too large, calling for another periodic expulsion.
After the decline of mining in the postwar period, Webb City turned to diversified industrial and agricultural production. In the 1930s and during World War II, explosives were manufactured by powder plants located near Webb City.
The Downtown Webb City Historic District and Middle West Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jasper County, Missouri, as is the Elijah Thomas Webb Residence, an elaborate Queen Anne style three-story built by Elijah Webb, son of the town's founder John Webb.
- Wikipedia entry for Webb City
Type of structure:: Stand alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 64870
Current Status:: Still in Use
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