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Heer's Department Store
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National Register of Historic Places

Heer's Department Store

Also known as Greater Heer Store

On the National Register since 200224 years
Commercial StyleListed 2002Springfield
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About Heer's Department Store

Heer's Department Store, at 138 Park Central Square, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 24, 2002. The Register lists it for its commerce, at the local level. It describes its style as Commercial Style, as it does for 42 other Missouri listings. It was listed as part of Springfield, Missouri MPS AD; Springfield, Missouri MPS. 26 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isDepartment store in Missouri, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 51 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

138 Park Central Square, Springfield · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Heer's Department StoreStart here
  2. 2St. Paul BlockDowntown Commercial Building · next door
  3. 3South-McDaniel-Patton Commercial Historic DistrictLate Victorian · next door
  4. 4Campbell Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase I)Commercial Block · next door
  5. 5West Walnut Street Commercial Historic DistrictItalianate · next door
Around it

40 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

DCampbell Avenue Historic DistrictItalianate0.1 miBOld CalabossePalladian0.1 miBMcDaniel BuildingBuilding0.1 miBHotel SansoneCraftsman0.1 miBHolland BuildingTwo-Part Commercial Block0.1 miBGillioz TheaterMission/Spanish Colonial Revival0.1 miBFallin GarageBuilding0.1 miDSpringfield Public Square Historic DistrictCommercial Style0.1 miBWise Feed Company BuildingCommercial Block0.2 miDSouth Avenue Commercial Historic DistrictItalianate0.2 miDWalnut Street Commercial Historic DistrictItalianate0.2 miBLanders TheaterBaroque French Classical0.2 miBE.M. Wilhoit BuildingCommercial Style0.2 miBCollege ApartmentsCommercial Block Apartment0.2 miBFallin Brothers BuildingBrick Front0.2 miBMarx-Hurlburt BuildingNeo-Classical Revival0.2 miBFranklin Springfield Motor Co. BuildingCommercial Block0.2 miBPalace HotelCommercial Block0.2 mi
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DSpringfield Warehouse and Industrial Historic DistrictItalianate0.2 miBGottfried Furniture Company BuildingLate Victorian0.2 miBSpringfield Grocer Company WarehouseCommercial Warehouse0.2 miDSpringfield Public Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)Downtown Commercial Building0.2 miBWilshire ApartmentsCommercial Block Apartment Building0.3 miBCamp Manor ApartmentsCommercial Block Apartment Building · Built 19160.3 miBKeet-McElhany HouseItalianate0.3 miBMarquette HotelTwo Part Commercial0.3 miBHenry Schneider BuildingGarage/Dealership0.3 miBNetter-Ullman BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movement0.3 miBFinkbiner BuildingCommercial Warehouse0.3 miBSpringfield Seed Co. Office and WarehouseCommercial Block0.3 miBDay HouseBuilding0.4 miBAbou Ben Adhem Shrine MosqueMoorish0.4 miDWoods-Evertz Stove Company Historic DistrictFactory0.4 miBPearl Apartments and Windsor ApartmentsCommercial Block Apartment Building0.5 miBKite, Robert B. and Vitae A., Apartment BuildingPorched Square Apartment Building0.5 miBBeverly ApartmentsBuilding0.5 miDWalnut Street Historic District (Boundary Increase I)Italianate0.5 miBProducers Produce Company PlantFactory0.5 miBU.S. Customhouse and Post OfficeRichardsonian Romanesque0.5 miBOberman, D.M., Manufacturing Co. BuildingFactory0.5 mi
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Commercial Style style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Commercial Style.

Springfield Public Square Historic District0.1 mi away
E.M. Wilhoit Building0.2 mi away

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Questions about Heer's Department Store

Is Heer's Department Store on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 24, 2002 (Register number 02001207).

Is Heer's Department Store a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Missouri has 35 National Historic Landmarks.

Can you visit Heer's Department Store?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Heer's Department Store?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 51 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63817384 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.