Robidoux Hill Historic District, St. Joseph

Name: Robidoux Hill Historic District
Address: St. Joseph, United States

#51 among attractions in St. Joseph

Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture

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Robidoux Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Joseph, Missouri. The district encompasses 61 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of St. Joseph. It developed between about 1865 and 1909, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Second Empire, and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Edmond Jacques Eckel House designed by architect Edmond Jacques Eckel. Other notable buildings include the Lemon House, Donovan House, McKinney House, Inslee House, Jonathan M. Bassett, and U.S. Weather Bureau Building. ()

Coordinates: 39°46'19"N, 94°51'17"W

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Robidoux Hill Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Jo Frontier Casino, Robidoux Row, Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building, Townsend & Wall.

1.4 miNW
Gambling, Nightlife, Casino
St. Jo Frontier Casino, St. Joseph
36 min walk • St. Jo Frontier Casino is a riverboat casino on the edge of the Missouri River in St. Joseph, Missouri owned by Affinity Gaming.
~1270 ftNW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Robidoux Row, St. Joseph
7 min walk • Robidoux Row is a historic apartment building located at 219-225 East Poulin Street in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built by St. Joseph founder Joseph Robidoux in north St. Joseph in the late 1840s/early 1850s. It is a 1+1⁄2-story brick structure with an attached single story brick building. Robidoux lived there at one point.
0.5 miSE
Architecture, Historical place, Concerts and shows
Missouri Theater and Missouri Theater Building, St. Joseph
12 min walk • The Missouri Theater is a theater located in St. Joseph, Missouri. Completed in July 1927, the Missouri Theater was built as a cinema in the atmospheric style, using a combination of Art Deco and Moorish detailing.
~1780 ftS
Shopping, Department store
Townsend & Wall, St. Joseph
9 min walk • Townsend & Wall at 602 Francis Street was the principal department store in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri from 1866 to 1983. It is listed as a contributing building to the St. Joseph Commerce and Banking Historic District which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.1 miNW
39°46'44"N • 94°52'26"W
Remington Nature Center, St. Joseph
29 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, Art gallery
0.5 miSE
Library
St Joseph Public Library, St. Joseph
13 min walk • St. Joseph Public Library, also known as Free Public Library, Public Museum, Public Library, and Board of Education Building, is a historic library building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. This library has over 9,000 books.
~1220 ftS
Architecture
Buchanan County Courthouse, St. Joseph
6 min walk • Buchanan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1873, and is a cruciform plan, Renaissance Revival-style brick building. It features pedimented porticos with Corinthian order columns and a glass and tin central dome.
0.4 miSW
39°46'3"N • 94°51'34"W
Robidoux Landing Playhouse, St. Joseph
11 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
0.8 miNE
Cemetery
Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph
20 min walk • Mount Mora Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. Among those who are buried in the cemetery are three governors, a U.S. senator, soldiers from both sides in the American Civil War and riders of the Pony Express.
0.4 miS
Romanesque architecture
German-American Bank Building, St. Joseph
11 min walk • The German-American Bank Building is a historic bank building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1889, and is a six-story, rectangular brick building designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style with added Beaux-Arts detailing..
~1850 ftE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Cathedral of St. Joseph, St. Joseph
9 min walk • The Cathedral of St. Joseph is a Catholic cathedral in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Along with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, Missouri it is the seat of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Robidoux Hill Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Edmond Jacques Eckel House, St. Joseph (5 min walk), Hall Street Historic District, St. Joseph (5 min walk), Buchanan County Courthouse, St. Joseph (6 min walk), Robidoux Row, St. Joseph (7 min walk).

How to get to Robidoux Hill Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Robidoux Hill Historic District:

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Downtown Transit Center (15 min walk)