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cityofcapegirardeau.org. Cape Girardeau (/ dʒɪˈrɑːrdoʊ / jirr-AR-doh, French: Cap-Girardeau [kap ʒiʁaʁdo] ⓘ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540, making it the 17th-largest in the state. [ 4 ]
320-400 Broadway St. and 221 N. Fountain St. 37°18′23″N 89°31′20″W / 37.306389°N 89.522222°W / 37.306389; -89.522222 (Broadway and North Fountain Street Historic District) Cape Girardeau. 9. Broadway-Middle Commercial Historic District. Broadway-Middle Commercial Historic District.
The family developed ties to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and served in a number of municipal capacities, including the governance of Southeast Missouri State University. Jefferson W. Limbaugh Jr. (1852–1905), judge and attorney from Jackson, Missouri, who was one of the first mayors of Jackson, and was a member of the bar for more than 25 years ...
Missouri Wall of Fame. The Missouri Wall of Fame is a 500-foot (150 m) span of flood wall in downtown Cape Girardeau, Missouri, covered with a mural of 45 panels [1] depicting 46 [2] or 47 [3] famous people who were born in the state or achieved fame while living there. The names were chosen by "a panel of the Cape's leading citizens" and it ...
Construction. Detail Map of Fort D, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Work on Fort D began on August 6, 1861, under the direction of Lieutenant John W. Powell of Illinois. Later, Powell recruited a company of men from Cape Girardeau to serve in the Union army. Since Powell was from Illinois, these men were designated as Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light ...
October 11, 1979. The Glenn House is a historic home located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built in 1883, and is a two-story, Late Victorian style painted brick dwelling. It is topped by cross-gabled and pyramidal roofs. It features a verandah with Tuscan order columns, turret, and oriel window. The house has been restored and open to the ...
– Thomas A. Dorsey As her sisters grew, married, and had families, Willie Mae continued as a soloist, even after her 1924 marriage to James Smith, a man 19 years her senior who owned a general hauling business. James encouraged her to accept requests to sing in church, and expressed pride in her voice. Willie Mae was a talented soprano who seriously considered a career in classical music ...
September 9, 2010. [1][2] B'Nai Israel Synagogue is an historic former Jewish synagogue, and now Evangelical church, located at 126 South Main in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in the United States. It was erected in 1937 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [3] It is located in the Courthouse-Seminary Neighborhood Historic ...