Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District is a historic district in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located approximately southeast of St. Louis and north of Memphis. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 37,941. A college town, it is the home of Southeast Missouri...

. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 2000.

In 2000, the area listed was 1.6 acre (0.6474976 ha) and included 17 contributing buildings. In a first increase, an 1891 contributing building at 101 N. Main St. was added. The building was designed by Jerome B. Legg and Henry Ossenkop in Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...

style. In a second increase, three contributing buildings dating from 1870 were added. The two increases added 0.9 acre (0.3642174 ha) each to the original listed area.