Look up, look around, and discover the stories embedded in some of Columbia’s most distinctive buildings!

Join CoMo Preservation for a FREE CoMo Brick & Mortar walking tour featuring buildings from our ongoing project celebrating Columbia’s architecture, craftsmanship, people, and stories. Along the way, we’ll explore the architectural details, past uses, and notable stories connected to these buidlings. Free but reservations required.

Tour guide, Matt Fetterly, is a former board member of CoMo Preservation and previously served as the Historian & Collections Curator at the Boone County Historical Society. He is an 8th generation Columbian who has spent over 20 years collecting (and sometimes reading) books and ephemera about Columbia, Boone County, and Missouri. He gives talks and writes about local history.

Let the Buildings Inspire Your Art!

The buildings featured on this tour are also part of our ART-chitecture Contest, where artists and creatives are invited to interpret Columbia’s architecture through sketching, painting, photography, sculpture, building, or any creative medium. Free, Open to All Ages and Mediums.

Whether you're an artist, an architecture enthusiast, or simply curious about the places that make Columbia unique, come explore with us!

CoMo Brick & Mortar Project

This tour is part of CoMo Preservation’s CoMo Brick & Mortar Project, an ongoing project connecting people with the stories behind Columbia’s historic buildings through tours, online resources, and QR-coded building markers.