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Newman Brothers Building; Joplin City Hall

Constructed in 1910, the Newman Brothers Building became home to one of Joplin's most recognizable and successful department stores and served the city for much of the twentieth century. Built by Joseph Newman and his sons, first- and second-generation German Americans, the building speaks both to Joplin's maturation and the influx of Germans into the region around the turn of the twentieth century. When the expansive high-rise store opened, it was met with great fanfare, both as a celebrated department store and a symbol of Joplin's growth. Today, it is located on historic Main Street near the historic Route 66, and is the home to the Joplin City Hall.

Museum of BBQ

This Crown Center storefront museum opened in 2025 thanks to the efforts of founder Jonathan Bender. As the first museum in the world dedicated to the art and history of barbecue, visitors learn not only about Kansas City's storied BBQ history, but also the contributions of other communities from the Carolinas to Texas. The museum is filled with interactive exhibits designed for families, along with quotes from BBQ masters like Aaron Franklin and chefs like Anthony Bourdain. The museum dedicates considerable effort to discussing the various techniques and regional variations, as well as the ways different rubs, smokers, and sauces shape the final product. The museum's final exhibit is dedicated to Kansas City BBQ, and, like the rest of the museum, it offers plenty of photo opportunities, including a large ball pit from Bush's Beans and machines that utilize the tokens included in the price of admission.

Central Park Conservatory (1899-1934) and Conservatory Garden (1937-now)

The Conservatory Garden began in the late 19th century as a location where plants were grown inside greenhouses and cold frames before they were planted in Central Park. A glass Conservatory was built here in 1899 to display plants to the public during the winter and spring months. Once the summer planting season arrived, many of the plants were removed and planted in Central Park or other city parks. By 1934, the building was in disrepair and was demolished; the outdoor gardens took its place in 1937. The entrance on Fifth Avenue is through a decorative iron gate dating to 1894 that once stood at a Vanderbilt family mansion on Fifth Ave. and 58th Street. The six acres of outdoor space are divided into three sections: the French-style garden and Untermyer Fountain in the north, the Italianate-style central garden with a single-jet fountain, and the English-style garden and Burnett Memorial Fountain in the south. The recently restored gardens are the only formal gardens in the park and are open to the public daily at no charge.

Rosslyn Hotel and Hotel Rosslyn Annex

The Hart brothers built and operated the Rosslyn Hotel (built circa 1914) and the Rosslyn Hotel Annex (1923). The iconic heart-shaped sign on the roof is a playful representation of their surname. The Hotel Rosslyn and the Annex emerged during L.A.'s population boom. The hotels remain an excellent example of the hotels built near the railroad depots during the heyday of downtown Los Angeles' development during the 1910s and 1920s. The Annex closed in the 1950s and was empty for many years until it was converted into apartments, while the original hotel building became the Rosslyn Lofts in 2006, with both providing market-rate lofts and low-income housing.

The Trade and Commerce Building and Police Headquarters Annex

The five-story Romanesque building was built in 1890 as the Trade and Commerce Building. It features a marble stairwell, extensive natural woodwork, iron grillwork and large, sunny rooms. It housed Superior City Hall from 1904 to 1970. In 1979, it became a historic landmark in Wisconsin and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. "In 1890, Henry Minot, railroad executive and friend of Theodore Roosevelt, put his faith in the future of Superior and announced plans to build “one of the handsomest buildings at the head of the lakes” at the corner of Broadway Street and Hammond Avenue. With Clarence Johnston, who would later design Glensheen in Duluth, as his architect and the willingness to spend $120,000 on construction, Minot hoped to make his building the centerpiece of a new “retail district that would compete with Tower Avenue.” The building would be leased by the Trade and Commerce Association and be home to the Chamber of Commerce and the Douglas County Street Railway Company. Any space not used by these organizations would be sublet to other businesses. Unfortunately. Henry Minot was killed in a train crash while the building was being constructed and his plans for its future were never realized. In 1904 the City of Superior leased the building to use as a city hall and in 1910 purchased it from the owners. City offices would be located there until the City-County Complex was completed in 1970." The Superior Public LibraryThe Police Department addition was built sometime between 1904 and 1913.Today, there are several businesses in the historic building, including The Spirit Room cocktail bar, Say Yes Cheese Shop, and more. In the old police annex, there is a Chiropractor's business and a jeweler.

The VIP Restaurant Building

The building first appeared in the Polk City Directory in 1889 as Palace Meat Market, proprietor Dan W. Mills. It has been a meat market, a retail store, a VFW, and two different restaurants. It is currently the VIP Pizza and Italian restaurant. This building played an important role in the development of the "dimestore" era."One of Superior’s three Tower Avenue dime stores, Woolworth’s originally opened its doors in 1909. In 1928 it was decided that a totally new store was needed and plans were made to tear down the old building and build a new one on the site. While construction was going on, the dime store moved across Tower to the former site of Pease Hardware and stayed there until the new store was finished. Webber’s Orchestra played for the formal opening of Woolworth’s on June 8, 1928, when people were invited to look through the new store but weren’t allow to purchase anything! Customers had to wait until the next day to shop at the store in which nothing was priced higher than ten cents. By 1956, store management was planning for another major renovation to Woolworth’s. Along with a forty foot addition to the rear of the building, the store would be air conditioned and remodeled to include new shopping venues like the candy kitchen, an enlarged plant department where African violets could be purchased for 98 cents and a pet section with parakeets that sold for $3.98. A new stainless steel luncheonette served hungry customers jumbo hamburger platters for 50 cents and double dip ice cream sodas for 25 cents. The store closed in January of 1994 and is now home to Vintage Italian Pizza. The Superior Public Library fb Page

The Douglas County Courthouse

The current courthouse was built in 1919, opening its doors in March 1920 at a cost of nearly $600,000. In recognition of its significance, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This four-story building is full of beauty and history. It has skylights, chandeliers, marble columns, and copper doors, and Italian marble. This building also served as the social hub of the city.

Lexintgon Market

Lexington Market began as an informal meeting place for the exchange of goods in 1782. In 1806, it moved just outside Baltimore's city limits and was only open a couple of days a week. By 1885, business was booming with over one thousand stalls. Renovated in 2022, the Market's new facility is 60,000 square feet and home to 45+ merchants.

Revolutionary Patriots of Madison County, Alabama

This digital map is part of a project initiated by the Hunt's Spring Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, located in Huntsville, Alabama. The project will map the Revolutionary Patriots of Madison County, Alabama, in commemoration of America 250, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 2026. Entries can include burial location, home or business location, and documentation of the lives of the Patriots who settled in Madison County, their families, impact on the community, and whenever possible, information on the people they enslaved. Hunt’s Spring Chapter, NSDAR, is a non-partisan, non-political, non-profit service organization with a mission to promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. The content contained herein does not necessarily represent the position of the NSDAR. Hyperlinks to other sites are not the responsibility of the NSDAR, the state organizations or individual DAR chapters.

Delacorte Clock

The Delacorte Clock was installed in 1965 on top of a brick arcade in Central Park that divided the Main Zoo from the Children's Zoo. The arcade was installed in 1961 when the new Children's Zoo opened. The clock was dedicated on June 24th, 1965, when two descendants of millionaire publisher George T. Delacorte unveiled the clock their grandfather had donated to the city. The clock comes to life daily on the hour and half hour, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Bronze animals by Italian sculptor Andrea Spadini strike a bell on top of the clock tower and rotate and spin on a track around the base of the tower while playing musical instruments. The musical selections change with the seasons and holidays, and are now run by a computer.