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Upcoming Events

Historic City of Jefferson is excited to feature award-win-ning artist Jim Dyke to speak at the 35th Annual Dinner Meeting on March 18. Jim Dyke has been a fixture on the Opinion page of the Jeffer-son City News Tribune, and probably best known for his political cartoons. The key-note speech by Mr. Dyke will follow a reception, meal, and business meeting at McClung Park Pavilion. Dick Preston will be back to emcee our annual event. The wine reception will start at 4:30; the meal catered by Argyle catering at 5:15; the business meeting at 6:15; capped off by Jim Dyke at 7pm.

The cost will be $25 for members and $30 for non-members.

Mr. Dyke’s career in art has spanned seventeen years beginning as the News Tribune Art Director for Betty Weldon. For those who don’t know him from the opinion page, they may know him as proprietor of Cottonstone Art Gallery and Frame Shop on High Street. He is also a regular at the Missouri State Fair where he has drawn caricatures for the last fifteen years.

Newspapers were one of the key elements in the early establishment of Jefferson City. Jim Dyke will provide a

unique perspective on the selection of the Missouri River Bluff as seast of state government, the importance of the 100 and 200 blocks of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe streets to the history of our city and our state and describe how the Goshorn and Weldon families consolidated other publications resulting in the current Jefferson City News Tribune.

The business meeting will honor recipients Carol Blaney for Preservation Pioneer Award and Janet Maurer for Volun-teer of the Year Award.

You will soon be receiving dinner registration forms in the mail. The deadline to register is March 6. For more infor-mation you may contact coordinators, Jeanette Dulle ([email protected]) or Kay Martellaro ([email protected]). Besides the interesting program speakers each year, HCJ’s Annual Dinner Meetings are a great way to meet and socialize with fellow members and other like-minded historic preservationists. We hope to see you there!

February 16-HCJ Chicken Dinner Fundraiser, Eagle’s Lodge, Missouri Blvd.,4:30-7:30pmFebruary 22-“Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis”, Missouri State Archives, 7pmMarch 7-Museum After Hours: “Political Cartoons of Daniel Fitzpatrick”, State Capitol Museum, 7pmMarch 15-16-Missouri Conference on History, Capitol Plaza Hotel www.shsmo.org March 18-HCJ Annual Dinner Meeting, McClung Park Pavilion, 4:30PMMarch 20- Candidate Forum, TBAapril 16-“Montgomery C. Meigs, Father of the Arlington National Cemetery”, Henry Gensky, Library (MRRL), 7pmapril 21-Old Cemetary Walking Tour, 900 block E. McCarty, 10am-1pmMay 6-Secret Places, Hidden Spaces, TBAMay 12-Golden Hammer Award Presentation, TBA, 11amMay 15-Heritage Award Ceremony, City Hall, 4:30pmMay 22-State Capitol Tour w/ Bob Priddy, 3pm

Artist Jim Dyke poses in front of one of his murals. He is best known for his caricatures and political cartoons that appear in the Jefferson City News Tribune. He has a degree in commercial art from Southwest Missouri State University.

HCJ’s Annual Dinner Meeting to Feature Jim Dyke

Yesterday Today&

The News Tribune office at 210 Monroe, before the facade ws erect-ed in the 1970s.

Victory! The hard work and perseverance of many prevailed with new protections now in place to better protect our histor-ically significant buildings. Bill 2017-105, actually a revision to Chapter 8, Article III of City Code, was passed at the January 2, 2018 City Council Meeting. There was a collective sigh from the architects of the bill.

The effort began with former HCJ President Steve Veile, a few HCJ members, and attorney Paul Graham in 2014. It has since gone through redrafts by city staff, City Council, Historic Preservation Commission, and public input. Despite many push-backs, the effort persevered and there is now an ordi-nance in place which gives the Historic Preservation Commis-sion (CJHPC) some leverage.

What has changed? 1. CJHPC may now deny a demolition permit if the building is deemed historically sig-

nificant and at least 100 years old or located in a designated Local Historic District. If denied, the decision can be challenged before the City Council.

2. The public will now be notified of an impending demolition by a “yard sign” and a pub-lic hearing.

3. The CJHPC is allowed 75 days to discuss a demolition request. 4. The penalty for demolition without a permit has been raised to $1000 from $500 and/or

possible jail time. 5. An owner has up to one year to demolish a building upon approval and should allow for

architectural salvage where possible. 6. The CJHPC will do more research to determine the age and history of buildings under

review.

The next efforts will be to see revisions of the criteria for the creation of Local Historic Districts. Currently, there is a high hurdle for local districts looking to submit this applica-tion. Councilwoman Laura Ward has requested that a city position be added to assist with these sorts of revisions. This has been a long and drawn out process, with many road blocks along the way, but we did not give up! Protecting the structures that most remind us of our heritage is too important for our community. Please continue to contact your City Council representatives and let them know that you support Local Historic Districts and the revised ordinance.

A Note From the President

OfficersTammy Boeschen, President

Kay Martellaro, Vice-PresidentTim Morrow, Treasurer

Board MembersJane Beetem

Donna DeetzJeanette Dulle Janet GallaherHenry GenskyDavid Griffith

Jim KreiderVicki Schildmeyer

Jenny SmithHolly StittPam Taylor

Melanie Stockman

CommitteesEducation and Programs –

Sherri BrantFinance – Tim Morrow

Golden Hammer Awards – Laura Ward

History and Documentation – Dottie Dallmeyer

Membership – Jim KreiderNewsletter Layout Editor –

Dalton TurnerNewsletter Editor – Jenny SmithAssistant Newsletter Editor –

Carolyn BeningOral History – Janet Maurer and

Bruce BatesPublicity – Vicki Schildmeyer

Social Media – Laura WardWebsite – Dave Boeschen

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Historic Preservation Ordinance Finally Passes!

224 East Dunklin

Plans to Renovate 224 Dunklin UnderwayThe Revolving Fund committee, headed by Jane Beetem, is busy getting bids for repairs to 224 East Dunklin Street. This distinctive Munichburg property was donated last fall to the Historic City of Jefferson by Sam and Linda Bushman. Re-pairs on the outside include a new roof, replace-ment of the elevated back porch, and repair of the front porch. Inside repairs include plumbing, electrical, new water heater and HVAC system, drywall, installation of a kitchenette, refinishing floors, and painting.

The Historic City of Jefferson Board has approved up to $36,000 for renovation of this solid century old building. Ideas are being discussed for the eventual use of the renovated building. If the building is sold, any proceeds will be used as “seed money”for the next renovation project.

As repair work commences, HCJ volunteers may be called upon for some demolition work and debris removal. If you would be interested in helping, please contact Jane Beetem at [email protected].

Tammy Boeschen

You can now support HCJ when you place your online purchases on Amazon through the AmazonSmile program! Start your shopping experi-ence at http://smile.amazon.com, choose Historic City of Jefferson as your charitable organization, and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible pur-

chases to HCJ!

The Historic City of Jefferson authorized the HCJ Foun-dation to donate $20,000 to the city’s Residential Down Payment Incentive program in August. A popular but un-derfunded program, it serves residents in buying and reno-vating homes in the Old Town area. By the end of November, all funds from this donation were dispersed to five worthy homeowners.

Eligibility for these funds in-cludes that the residence must be within Old Town, must be owner-occupied for at least 5 years, must be constructed be-fore 1960, have a market value less than $150,000, and have no delinquent taxes.

This city program has proven successful in years past, breath-ing new life into older homes and neighborhoods. This investment in our commu-nity is very worthwhile – we challenge other organizations and potential donors to follow our lead. The program starts in November each year, and typically by March, all mon-ies in the program have been dispersed. We thank these new owners for their interest and actions towards preserving homes in Jefferson City!

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Washington Street

Moreau Drive

West Main Street

School Street Historic District Update

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Lafayette Street

HCJ and HCJ Foundation Assists Five Homeowners

Vetter Lane

Do you hold an insurance poli-cy or other financial product with Thrivent? If so, check into desig-

nating “Thrivent Choice” dollars to the Historic City of Jefferson! This is easy to do. For more information, go to www.thrivent.com or talk to a

Thrivent Financial agent.

There has been a welcome turn of events in the city’s plan to follow a 2005 Master Plan that called for the demolition of houses in a block bounded by E. McCarty, Lafayette, E. Miller, and Wears Creek and convert the cleared area to a green space. The area is in a FEMA flood plain. After appeals from area property owners, the City Council voted in December to put the houses slated for demolition up for sale in order to pay for a debt owed to Housing and Urban Development.

All the while, HCJ members Jane Beetem, Cathy Bordner and Jenny Smith have been writing design guidelines, compiling an area history, and collecting signatures to form a Local Historic District in this area. The completed application was submitted to the city on January 25th and will be processed through the gauntlet of city agencies-- Historic Pres-ervation Commission, Planning and Protective Services, Planning and Zoning, and City Council. If it passes all the hurtles it will be the first such district in Jefferson City. This area is all that remains of an African American neighborhood known as “the Foot” that was mostly demolished by Urban Renewal in the 1960s.

Getting to Know YouDalton Turner

Dalton is a new member of HCJ. He grew up in Linn, MO and a gradu-ate of Linn High School. Daltion is a senior at Lincoln University finishing his business degree with plans to com-plete his master’s in health administra-tion after. On the side, Dalton works for the St. Mary’s Hospital Founda-tion. HCJ is happy to welcome Dalton to the newsletter staff as he has offered his time and talent to the layout duties of the Yesterday and Today newslet-ter. You will see the fresh look he will bring to this publication with this, his first issue!

1. Why did you join HCJ? I have always had an interest in the preservation of historic homes. The stories that come from each of these homes is so important to our city’s history. Mitchell and I recently purchased the Hartsfield home on Forest Hill Avenue.

2. What do you like best about being a member of HCJ? The best part of being a member of HCJ is connecting with other like-minded people and knowing that you are making a difference in the historical aspect of Jefferson City.

3. Do you have a favorite HCJ program or activity? My favorite HCJ activity is the homes tour. I enjoy exploring other members’ charm in how they decorate their historic homes.

4. If someone asked you the benefits of HCJ membership, what would you say? The greatest benefit of being a member of HCJ is learning an in-depth histo-ry on so many buildings and homes in Jefferson City.

5. What do you think is the most effective way for HCJ to achieve its historic preservation mission? I believe that the most important way to achieve the mission of HCJ is through education. Educating the community about the rich history of properties in Jefferson City is very important, and programs such as the Home Tours and Golden Hammer Award do just that.

6. What one thing might HCJ members be surprised to learn about you? One thing that would surprise many is that I , for a short period, was a beekeeper. I had about 11 hives and cared for them annually while harvesting honey in the fall. Due to obligations in school, they are ‘retired’ to my grandparent’s farm in New Bloomfield where I hope to get back into it soon.


Update on Woodland-Old City Cemetery Restorations

Nancy Thompson, Chair of the Cemetery Resources Board, recently reported on resto-ration to the Sarah Walker (1781-1849) in-ground tablet stone in the Old City Ceme-tery. Broken tombstone pieces were repaired by Capital City Monuments to be set on top of a granite slab. Since the original degraded marker is illegible, pertinent information will be engraved on the granite. Weather permitting, workmen hope to join the slab to recently poured base in February.

Regarding HCJ’s $5000 appropriation toward the restoration of the Herrick Family vault, we are negotiating an arrangement with the city for the original bidder, to work on the vault under HCJ’s supervision, which is on city-owned property in the Woodland-Old City Cemetery. A bid received through the city protocols came through at a higher cost. By working with the city under a separate agreement, the cost of repairs to the vault walls should be closer to the original estimate of $5000, allowing the project to proceed.

A walking tour of historical markers in the Woodland-Old City Cemetery is scheduled April 21, 10 am-1pm, including the restored Walker and Herrick sites, co-sponsored by the Cemetery Resources Board and the Historic City of Jefferson. Community researchers who are knowledge-able about the various families featured on the walk will present their histories by re-enactment and stories. Families to be represented during the tour include Parsons, Young, Knaup, Herrick, Ruthven, Walker, Cordell, and Linkenmeyer. Stay tuned for updates on our website, on our Facebook page, and by email!

CALL TO ACTIONHP Tax Credits Under the Gun

The Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit program (HPTC) was established in 1998 to provide an incentive for the redevelopment of commercial and residential his-toric structures. It has done this very well but the program is under the gun yet again. Senate Bill 266 would prohibit the transfer, sale, or assignment of many state credits, including HPTCs.

In Cole County alone, tax credit incentives have spurred $100 million in construction projects and were reim-bursed with over $20 million in tax credits. The Hotel Governor, 100 block of E. Dunklin street, the Wymore Place Apartments on Washington, andseveral store front projects in the 100 block of E. High are among the 30 proj-ects that were made possible through this program. Future projects such as the revitalization of East Capitol could be seriously impacted.

This bill has not cleared the senate yet. CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES urging them to preserve the His-toric Preservation Tax Credit program. Tell them to vote against SB266! Remind them how much our local commu-nity (their community) has benefited from this program.

Rep. Jay Barnes –573-751-2412Rep. Mike Bernskoetter –573-751-0665

Senator Mike Kehoe –573-751-2076

Caretaker’s Cottage Rehab Waiting for Lease AgreementHCJ continues to negotiate with the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the Caretaker’s Cottage at the National Cemetery on E. McCarty St., and we are close to completing a lease agreement. One issue to be resolved is how to pay for the cost of splitting the utilities between HCJ and the National Cemetery, as this was not included in the cemetery’s budget. The cost is expected to be less than $5,000 total, but we may need to look to outside parties for assistance in funding this portion of the project.

HCJ has received approval from the VA for our proposed work plan, and will proceed with work once the lease has been signed by all par-ties. HCJ’s board has approved $13,000 for renovation of this property, with the intent of sub-leasing the Cottage to several non-profits who would share the space as their headquarters and space for board and/or committee meetings. Interior work will begin with demolition of dropped ceilings and a bit of carpet and wall paneling, to return the Cottage to a more original appearance. The VA will soon install a security system and new HVAC to provide air conditioning to the building. We will finish the interior with ceiling and wall repairs, paint, and refinishing/replacing flooring. Exterior work will begin once the weather allows, and will include returning the front porch to its earlier appearance, scraping and painting exterior trim, and a few roof and gutter repairs.

Submitted by Jane Beetem


This Place MattersGensky Grocery- 423 Cherry Street

At the corner of Cherry and E. Miller stands a vestige of a time gone by when neighborhood groceries were a hub of social and commercial activities in the communities they served. Built in 1916 by Joseph Pope, it was purchased in 1917 by Henry Gensky Sr., a native of Bevern, Germany. He and wife Stella Schmidli lived on the second floor of the building and operated the H. F. Gensky Grocery on the first floor. They were trusted proprietors in this racially-mixed neighborhood in which they resided. The business prospered through 1936 when Gensky died at the age of forty-sev-en after surgical complications.

Stella continued to operate the grocery up until 1942 at which time she rented the building to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glover. Glover’s Market operated until 1946 when it became The Cherry Street Market, operated by Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Anthony. In 1950 the building was purchased by the Capital City Lodge of the An-cient Free and Accepted Masons, an African American fraternal organization who remodeled the second floor for their use. The Anthonys continued to operate their market on the lower level until 1966 when it was rented to Dr. Charles W. Cooper, a local African American physician who retired in 1982. The building is still owned by the Masons. Local historian and HCJ member Henry Gensky Jr. was the son of Henry Sr. and Stella. Born in this building, he grew up on Cherry Street with memories of neighbors who hung out at the store and of riding along on food deliveries. Information for this article is from Heartland History Vol 1, by Dr. Gary Kremer and Henry Gensky Jr.

Gensky Grocery, 1924

Stella Schmidli Gensky Henry Gensky, Sr.

Southside Alleys and Ways: A Simpler LifePart II- Jefferson City Alleys by Carolyn Bening

Unlike the downtown alleys that became “dens of sin” and completely obliterated, the Southside alleys became close-knit neighborhoods with substantial residenc-es and businesses of newly arrived immi-grants from the Bavarian home village of Muenchberg. Nearly every square block in Munichburg is divided by two or three alleys holding dwellings and businesses. Of these half dozen named alleys sepa-rating the Southside streets, most history and activity have been located on Cedar Alley that runs some eight blocks from Broadway to Jackson, parallel to Dunklin Street.

In the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nominations for the South-side and the Broadway-Dunklin Street Historic District, historian Jane Beetem considers the unique Missouri-German Vernacular architecture of two-story brick Victorian street-side residences, many recognized on the NRHP, and smaller framed Alley Houses and carriage garages to the rear. These alley residences provided additional housing for newly arrived immigrants, for extended family members, or income-generating rental property. A surprising number remain but need to be researched for their histor-

ical significance; this article barely scratches the surface.

Required for access to back properties, Cedar Alley technically begins in Schwartzott’s Subdivision, drawn by architect W. Vogdt in 1887, on the Broadway-Dunklin corner. Nine street houses were built on this historic block, seven facing Broadway, two facing Dunklin, all having direct access to a rear alley. In addi-tion to Alley Houses, this back lot takes in the two-story brick Queen Anne at 308 Dunk-lin, the William R. Finnell House (1898/1913 NRHP), now Kas Jewelry, and the Henry Schwartzott House at 310 W. Dunklin (1887 NRHP), a folk Victorian-style cottage. Before the first residence was built here, the Union army had used this steep site above the capitol for an encampment, according to Kas Jacquot, restorer of three adjacent properties on the overlook.

This back alley accesses the tiny, yet sturdy 12x24 foot Saar-Pietsch House (right) built of soft, porous brick around 1890 behind the Katherine Langerhans House (NRHP), now The

Schaefer House, at 618 Broadway. It has only two tiny 10x10 rooms with separate flues and a tinier yet attic. Historian and past Southside resident Walter Schroeder tells the poignant story of Marie and Franz Pietsch and their only child Paul in Southside Sketches.

Still in Cedar Alley, a one-story frame California Bungalow sits behind the Clarence Buersmeyer House, (1929 NRHP) at 608 Broadway. Beetem writes that the alley home’s occupant was the caretaker of horses stabled in the carriage house behind 610 Broadway, the John Sinclair House (1913 NRHP). A second structure farther behind the stable at 610 was a one-and-a-half-story brick building with painted walls and gable roof that may have originally been the carriage house for the Henry Schwartzott House on the other end of the lot. Beetem describes this building resembling a typical-to-that-era smokehouse appearing on the 1869 “Bird’s Eye View” map of the Capital. Gipfert Carriage House 206 1/2 Cedar Alley


Saar-Pietsch House (1890) in Cedar Alley

The one-story brick Alley House in the next block at 206 ½ Cedar Way sits behind the Martin Gipfert House (1901 NRHP) at 218 W. Dunklin (left). Beetem describes the small at-tractive residence, originally built for an extended family, as two garage bays separated by a single entry door facing the alley; “Windows on the sides and on either side of a door facing the main house indicate that this building was designed for residential use”; it is now used as a garage.

Several residence/garage structures still exist in Cedar Alley, built for street residences on narrow lots with-out side garages. Behind the two-story brick Joseph & Louisa Pope House, (1897 NRHP) at 222 W. Dunklin, now Rosewood Music, sits a one-story rectangular rock-faced concrete-block outbuilding with window and attic openings, now used as a garage. Schroeder recalls using the roof of this garage facing Cedar Alley for the boys’ backstop behind home plate; foul balls “conveniently rolled down [the tin roof] into the waiting catcher’s mitt.”

Another Southside resident, Marla Lane, recalls her experience living on Cedar Street: “I loved it there, since Central Dairy was so close! I went to grade school at St. Peters and would walk home through the alley all the way from Broadway Street to home!” Schro-eder does not recall alleys in Munichburg being hard-surfaced until the 1960s, so Cedar Alley was remembered as dirt or gravel, no sidewalks or curbs.

Houses built on Southside alleys were often constructed up to the alley’s right-of-way with no set-backs, again utilizing every inch of property. Schroeder’s aunt, Mrs. Minnie Bartlett, built a small brick house on back end of her lot at 320 W Elm directly on Schroeder’s Way in the 1930s. The family’s WWII victory garden was planted right up against that house; no wasted space. One could step from the porch into the waiting automobile. The home is still there overlooking Baymont Inn on W. Miller.

One defining identity of Southside was its citizens’ love of beer as marked by a major brewery in existence on Cedar Alley for some 150 years. Schroeder writes of his love for Old Munichburg in his book Breweries and Saloons in Jefferson City, Missouri (2009). Beer was a unifying bond of all German immigrants: “When drinking together, Catholics, Lutherans, Evangelicals, and freethinkers forgot their historic differences, bound together by gemütlichkeit, that warm, cozy feeling that develops with good times in a social setting.”

Four Southside German brewers were economically practical by building over an existing brewery in the 100 block of West Dunklin (former Safeway Grocery, now Central Dairy Storage). John Gundelfingers City Brewery (1847-1870)—“the largest brewery west of St. Louis”—sat smack in the center of Muenchberg at Dunklin and Jefferson, having been built on Joe Kessler’s 1845 brewery. Then in 1870 a Muenchberg, Bavarian immigrant George Wagner located his brewery directly on the same block stretching from Washington to Jefferson.

The 1885 Sanborn Fire Map illustrates the Geo. Wagner and Son Brewery (City Brewery) on Cedar Alley; the Wagner family dwelling, saloon, and brewery were conveniently joined in one long building while the attached Ice House faced Dunklin. Employees lived on premises, utilizing “sleeping rooms” warmed by heating stoves fueled by coal, and lights kept alight with lard oil.

In 1892 Bavarian immigrant Jacob F. Moerschel razed the Wagner brewery to build a new facility on Cedar Alley, turning the business into an even more prof-itable Capitol Brewery Company.

(continued on page 8)

Capitol (Moerschel) Brewery Co. 1896, Cedar Alley & Washington (Mo State Archives; Summers

Digital Photo Collection)


1908 Sanborn Fire Map

Capitol Avenue UpdateThree Properties Condemned in Capital Avenue Historic District

A Cole County Judge issued an order in December hearing condemning three properties in the blighted area of the Capitol Avenue Historic District. The Housing Authority had filed a civil suit in August against Barbara Buescher who owns 101 and 105 Jackson and Stephen and Cheryl Bratton who own 103 Jackson.

The condemnation ruling makes it possible for the HA to acquire these properties where negotiations with owners failed. Commis-sioners have been named to assess the fair market value of the three properties using generally accepted appraisal practices. Their report was recently posted and is under review by the Housing Authority.

These are the first three properties of 46 properties that may yet be facing condemnation hearings among 116 properties in this area that was declared blighted in May of 2016. Condemnation hearings are a last resort after negotiations with the property owners to renovate or voluntarily sell their properties have failed. This little bit of progress is a big first step toward revitalizing this historic neighborhood.

101, 103 and 105 Jackson Street are the first to proceed to condemnation hearings in Capitol Avenue blighted area.


(Southside Alleys continued from page 7)The Sanborn 1908 map (above right) illustrates the brewery that included a company office, a brew house, and two cold storage facilities on the alley; “Freezing Tanks” (ice plant) and “Bottling Headquarters” on the Dunklin Street side; and a conveniently located Muench-berg City Hose HQ (fire department) on corner of Washington and Dunklin. The alley held stables for twelve delivery horses, later converted to garages. Sanford notes “proprietor lives on premises.” In 1907 Moerschel moved his family from the Alley Houses to his recently built Villa Panorama mansion on Swift’s Highway. The Moerschel Brewery was closed in 1947 due to competition from St. Lou-is beers and the buildings demolished in 1970, replaced by a Safeway store.

What kept the brewers returning to this same block were the caves in Munichburg’s hills, so important for beer storage before refriger-ation. Schroeder describes the ice storage process: Cut ice blocks were insulated in thick straw layers, then transferred from the frozen Missouri River into a multi-layered cellar dug in the hillside under Tanner Way, south of ECCO Lounge on Jefferson. The cave’s ten-foot-wide arched entrance was made of hand-laid limestone blocks with a 14-18 foot room inside, large enough to hold a small cart. The beer was stored in kegs in these limestone cellars, serving the capital’s saloons. Historian Walter Schroeder remembers the tall, four-story Moerschel brew house facing “the brewery alley,” as well as the powerful smell throughout Southside of cooking hops and grains. Today, nothing is left of the impressive brewing industry created before 1850. However, the imposing Western Steam Bottling Works (1888) remains on Cedar Alley facing 610 Jefferson. William Roesen opened the mineral water production plant for a successful run until the 1920s. The alley building is one of few remaining nineteenth-century vernacular manufacturing structures in the capital and has been recommended for placement on the NRHP. Today it houses Don and Jo Meyer’s J&D Bicycle Shop since 1973.

For its final stretch, Cedar Way continues up the steep hill east of Central Dairy to Friemel’s Beer Garden located, “under the branches of two immense maples out in the open air.” Developed around 1881 by Ernst Friemel, the spacious tree-lined garden setting offered cool breezes and refreshments, picnics, concerts, and weekly dances for some thirty-five years. On the very top of the hill stood the “hall,” a large brick building with a mansard roof, offering cold beer and sandwiches in summer months, pool tables and meeting rooms in the winter. A few restored Alley Houses remain on this inclined end of Cedar Way.

Stories heard over the years flow easily in pubs today about childhoods spent in Southside, along the alleys or at the traveling circuses held in the unnamed alley behind Farmers Home, a hotel and saloon for farmers, now the ECCO Lounge. A circus where, according to Schroeder, one could “make a quarter by wrestling a bear”; watch ventriloquists, magicians, and medicine shows; or experience carnival rides or skate “under a large tent with competitive racing.” It was a simpler time growing up in the close-knit Munichburg alleys. Unfor-tunately, the Alley Houses, like the magicians’ sleight-of-hand, have now nearly vanished, taking their stories with them.

SAVE THE DATECHICKEN DINNER @ THE EAGLES

February 16 | 4:30pm-7:30pmEagles Club, Missouri Blvd.

HCJ hosted the Annual Christmas Reception this year at the Hawthorne meeting room on December 7. The program featured the EER class (Explora-tion, Enrichment and Research) at Jefferson City Public Schools. The 39 students covered 13 Jeffer-son City landmarks, displaying their extensively researched topics. Many thanks to teacher Ruthie Caplinger for sharing her student’s work with us!

Atticus Barnes poses with a poster he helped research on the State Capitol.

Coordinators Janet Maurer & Marilyn Medley prepare the snack table. Councilman Rick Mihalevich, HCJ President Tammy

Boeschen, Carolyn McDowell, and Jim Kreider.

Catie Meystrik was part of a team that researched the Governor’s Mansion.

Jack Bundy displays his research on the Missouri State Penitentiary.

Community

Jane Beetem gives tips on “showing off your new home” on November 16th at the last of a four-part series “how to rehab and skip the pain”.

A farewell reception

was held at the SideBar

Loundge on October

27 for Dave and Cathy

Bordner who moved

to Pennsylvania after

20 years fighting for

preservation causes in

Jefferson City. Jefferson

City is a better place for

all their efforts. (right)


Proposed Changes to Bylaws- March 2018The Bylaw changes shown here in red are being proposed for discussion and a vote at the March 18 Annual Meeting. If you have questions, please contact Tammy at 573-893-4121 or [email protected]. Summary of Changes • Remove “The” from the official HCJ title (consistency) & Add “Revolving Fund Committee” and its purpose

Article I INTRODUCTIONSection 1.01. Name of the Organization. The name of this organization shall be The Historic City of Jefferson, Inc. It

operates under the provisions of Section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.Section 1.02. Purpose of Bylaws. These Bylaws constitute the code of rules adopted by the Historic City of Jefferson, Inc.

(hereinafter HCJ) for the regulation and management of its affairs.Article VI COMMITTEES

Section 6.02. Standing Committees. The President shall appoint the following standing committees: Membership, Education and Programs, History and Documentation, Publicity, Special Events, and Finance, and Revolving Fund. All committees shall function in coordination with the President and Board, and the President shall be an ex officio member of all committees. A Director shall be appointed as a consultant for each committee.

i. Revolving Fund. The Revolving Fund Committee (RFC) oversees the acquisition of property for HCJ, to include suggestions for property acquisition and/or oversight for the renovation of purchased or donated property. RFC may be assigned additional duties related to property. Recommendations from the RFC will be presented to the HCJ Board for consideration. Committee members will include the Treasurer or a member of the Finance Committee.

The Thomas Lawson Price Society gathered at the Dulle home in January. Shown above is Jeanette Dulle (left) and Edith Vogel (right).

Looking Back ... Moving ForwardYesterday & Today is the official quarterly newsletter of Historic City of Jefferson. www.historiccityofjefferson.org

Welcome New Members:Steven HoffmanCharlie Frank

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Middleton

Dylan and Russel GishMissouri Independent Bankers Association

James SchaffnerNancy Simmons

Tony Lutz

PO Box 105056 Jefferson City, MO 65110

Our mission is to proactively preserve our historic resources and create an environment that makes preservation a central focus for the future development in the City of Jefferson.

SAVE THE DATEHCJ Annual Dinner Meeting

March 18 | 4:30pm-8:00pmMcClung Park Pavillion

Keynote Speaker- Jim Dyke Wine reception- 4:30 | Meal- 5:15 | Meeting- 6:15

$25/member | $30/non-member

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