Learn about the secrets inside historic homes at the 7 p.m. Oct. 24 meeting of CoMo Preservation at the Columbia Public Library.

Since 1998, the city’s Most Notable Property (MNP) Program has been highlighting and celebrating the historical significance of properties in Columbia, Missouri. The Program is managed by the city’s Historic Preservation Commission.

On Sept. 26, 2023, Amanda J. Staley Harrison, assistant curator of MU Museum of Anthropology will give us an insider’s view of repurposing historic buildings.

Amanda joined the Museum of Anthropology in 2014. At the time, it was housed in Swallow Hall, built in 1893. Later, Missouri’s only anthropology museum moved and reopened in 2017 in yet another historic building, the 1938 Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital, then renamed Mizzou North, which was demolished in 2022.

Get a peek at a former car dealership and funeral home’s transformation into The Atrium, an event center in this video. At the Aug. 22 meeting of CoMo Preservation, Tanner Ott of Alley A Realty will discuss how his firm rehabs buildings like The Atrium.

You can apply for a place on Columbia’s Historic Preservation Commission. Image courtesy of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Commission and Fitz Images.

At 7 p.m. on July 25, you’ll have an opportunity to hear about a nearly lost hero of history, Henry Kirklin, an African-American born into slavery.

June 20 talk about Columbia’s unique architecture

June 20 talk about Columbia’s unique architecture

Accomplishments of CoMo Preservation and ways to get involved