Historic Murphysburg
Explore homes, churches, businesses, landmarks, and places in peril connected to Murphysburg history.
The surviving cornerstone and 1994 monument marking Joplin’s lost Victorian courthouse, dedicated in 1895 and destroyed by fire in 1911.
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107 S Sergeant Avenue circa 1905 ~ Colonial Revival Palladian window
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Architect Austin Allen’s circa-1917 Egyptian Revival family mausoleum, distinguished by bronze doors, symbolic stonework, and Egyptian art glass.
View place recordOne of north Joplin’s oldest homes, transformed from a multigenerational Cragin residence into a Bible college, church, and community nonprofit.
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415 South Moffet Avenue circa 1890 | Queen Anne
View place recordJoplin’s first municipal cemetery and the resting place of civic leader Julius Fischer, whose 1890 county-clerk race became part of women’s political history.
View place recordA public marker near Joplin Creek commemorating the 1870 Moffet–Sergeant discovery shaft that accelerated Joplin’s mining boom.
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A public marker near Joplin Creek commemorating the 1870 Moffet–Sergeant discovery shaft that accelerated Joplin’s mining boom.
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302 South Sergeant Circa 1922 Craftsman Features: art glass
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Frederick Wilber-Frank Weeks House 117 North Moffet Avenue circa 1906 ~ American Foursquare
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318 South Sergeant Circa 1891 Second Empire Features: spindle work and art glass
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505-511 S. Moffet Avenue circa 1937 Tudor Revival Feature: Iron Railing on second floor spells out Helena Apts
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101 South Sergeant Avenue Circa 1908 Features: bay windows and gabled Dormer
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405 S. Moffet Avenue circa 1890 | Queen Anne
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619 W. Second Street Circa 1899 ~ Craftsman Architect ~ Austin Allen
View place recordThe 1866 brick home and surviving family landscape of Joplin City founder John Chandler Cox, including the Cox family cemetery.
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419 S. Moffet Avenue Queen Anne Style | circa 1890
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501 WEST FOURTH STREET First Methodist United Church Currently Joplin First Church Garstang and Rea, architect; S.C. Jones, builder Circa 1905 Gothic Revival
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Julius Miller House ca. 1895 ~ Queen Anne Oculus window
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531 S. Sergeant Avenue Circa 1932 Tudor Revival Feature: art glass
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505 W 2nd St-Morgan's Grocer Store ca. 1934 ~ Depression era Concrete Block Commercial Building
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123 South Moffet Avenue circa 1900 Gable-Front
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812 S. Pearl Avenue Late Gothic Revival Style | circa 1907
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Charles Schifferdecker’s Turkey Creek brewery grounds, where beer, dancing, lawn games, and creekside recreation helped shape Joplin’s early social life.
View place recordA circa-1928 cottage-style filling station on Joplin’s Route 66 alignment, later operated for decades as Dale’s Ole 66 Barber Shop.
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115 South Moffet Circa 1899 Free Classic Queen Anne Features: dentils and art glass
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202 South Sergeant Avenue | Queen Anne | circa 1900
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130 South Moffet Circa 1905 Dutch Colonial Reveval
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623 West Fourth Circa 1900 Classical Revival Features: broken pediment, art glass
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616 South Sergeant Circa 1906 Colonial Revival Architects: Garstang & Rea
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112 South Sergeant Circa 1906 ~ Craftsman Style Architect ~ Austin Allen
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118 South Moffet Avenue Circa 1902 Queen Anne Feature: oriel window
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The 1890s home of merchants and community leaders Cadi and Clara Klein, whose business and religious work helped shape Jewish life in early Joplin.
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422 South Sergeant Circa 1890 ~ Romanesque Feature: hops vines frieze Architect ~ Arthur Tappan North Living Museum
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518 South Sergeant Circa 1917 Colonial Revival
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102 South Moffet circa 1900 Classical Revival Features: palladian window, art glass
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507 South Sergeant Circa 1905-1906 Queen Anne
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406 South Sergeant Circa 1893 Queen Anne Features: parapets and art glass
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611 South Sergeant Circa 1902 Classical Revival Features: art glass
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501 South Sergeant Circa 1905 Colonial Revival
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212 South Moffet Circa 1909 Style Spanish Mission Features: mission parapet, art glass
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608 South Sergeant Circa 1899 Queen Anne Features: gable detail & hitching post
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523 S. Sergeant ca. 1905 Modern Craftsman Style Bungalow Features: Square columns
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220 South Moffet Circa 1908 Craftsman Features: oriel window, art glass, carriage steps Architects: Garstang and Rea
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508 South Sergeant Avenue Circa 1891 Queen Anne
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301 S Sergeant Ave Late 1890s Queen Anne Features: spindle work, Art glass, hitching post
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310 South Moffet Avenue Craftsman Style | Circa 1901 | Architects Garstang and Rea Feature Modillions and Art Glass
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602 South Sergeant Avenue circa 1938 and 1966 Style: Modern Movement
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115 South Sergeant Avenue circa 1895 | Dutch Colonial Architects: Garstang and Rea
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A circa-1890 Schifferdecker estate cottage associated with gardener and property manager John R. Johnson—and with two of Murphysburg’s enduring mysteries.
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504 South Byers Circa 1898 Queen Ann Features: art glass, brackets, spindle work, bay windows, pediment, fish scale Architect: August Michaelis
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108 South Sergeant circa 1908 American Foursquare Features: classical elements, bay windows, pilasters, carved wood pediment
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411 South Sergeant Avenue Circa 1898 Queen Anne
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315 South Sergeant Avenue circa 1880s I-Fame Farmhouse
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602 West 5th Street English Design, reflecting | Georgian influence, and Classical Revival Architect: Albert C. Wiser | Builder: Manhattan Construction Co. of Tulsa | Circa 1929
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210 South Sergeant Circa 1904 Colonial Revival Features: modillions, hitching posts
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320 South Moffet 1906, Arthur Bendelari Late 19th/Early 20th Century Revival Interior: Pompeian Style Exterior: Doric columns
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626 South Sergeant Avenue Queen Anne, circa 1890
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420 South Byers Avenue Circa 1890 Queen Anne C. W. Kellogg, Architect
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106 South Moffet Circa 1902 Free Classic Queen Anne Features: Ionic columns and hitching post
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219 South Sergeant Circa 1917 Colonial Revival Features: Door with curved pediments Architect Austin Allen
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524 West Fifth ca. 1905 Queen Anne Features: palladian window, pediment, bay window
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111 South Sergeant Circa 1899 Queen Anne Feature: fish scales
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218 South Sergeant Circa 1903 American Foursquare Features: classical elements, oculus window, art glass, hitching posts
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United Hebrew Congregation 702 S Sergeant Ave Byzantine-style Circa 1916 Architect, Austin Allen
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421 South Sergeant Avenue Colonial Revival, circa 1899 Features: Porte Cochère and Stained Glass Transom Architects Niemann & Boonstra
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