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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.
The district encompasses 43 contributing buildings in the central business district of Webb City. It developed between about 1883 and 1965 and includes representative examples of Italianate , Renaissance Revival , Romanesque Revival , Art Deco , and Streamline Moderne style architecture.
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Webb City may refer to: Webb City, Arkansas; Webb City, Missouri; Webb City, Oklahoma; Webb City, a song from the 1981 album Art Blakey in Sweden; See also.
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.
Middle West Hotel, also known as Grand Opera House and Webb City Opera House, is a historic hotel building located at Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1883, and housed an opera house. It was remodeled to its present form in 1902, and is a three-story, brick commercial building with brick corner pilasters and limestone trim.
Elijah Thomas Webb was born August 24, 1851, and was the oldest of the four children of John C. Webb and Ruth Davis Webb. The family moved from his birthplace in Overton County, Tennessee, to southwest Missouri in 1856 to start a new life farming. They first made their home approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of present-day Webb City, at ...
Location of Jasper County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jasper County, Missouri.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jasper County, Missouri, United States.