In 2018, the City of Marceline, requested an Eligibility Assessment study of the city. This entailed the Missouri State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) to visit and assess the downtown, some neighborhoods, houses and other properties.
That assessment noted 11 properties eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (Click on each building to learn more about it and its importance in history and to Marceline). Five of these, as listed below are now on the Register thanks to the Marceline Historical Society’s efforts to preserve our city’s magnificent history.
- Uptown Theatre
- Marceline Masonic Temple #481
- St. Francis Hospital (1964)
- Electric Light Plant
- Marceline Carnegie Library
- Lincoln School (originally known as the Marceline Colored School)
- I.O.O.F./Magnolia Building
- The Coal Chute (Marceline Historical Commission failed to act fast enough to save this, and it was destroyed in 2022)
- First Christian Church
- Marceline Post Office
- Santa Fe Depot
- Gucker Coal Company
Other buildings that will be assessed for eligibility or are locally historic and significant and historic:
- Putman Memorial Hospital (later St. Francis Hospital): Located on Howell
- Bon/Central Hotel
- Cater House
- Coal Owners House
- The “Chicago Houses”
- First National Bank Building (now the Mural Motel)
Properties No Longer Around:
- Cater Opera House
- The Chief Theatre
- Original Santa Fe Railroad Depot
- Coal Elevator
PROPERTIES ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Marceline has 5 of the 10 properties in Linn County on the National Register; all of these were listed because of the devotion and efforts of the Marceline Historical Society (trademarked 501c3).
- Uptown Theatre (July 2023)
- Marceline Mercantile/Gucker Coal Office (March 2025)
- Marceline Masonic Lodge (March 2025)
- Lincoln School (March 2025)
- First Christian Church (March 2025)
NOTE: The Zurcher Building (pronounced ZurKER like WorKER), the template for Coke Corner in Disneyland, is not listed. This is due to the nonprofit that owns the building (downtown Marceline Foundation) forbidding others to speak publicly about it.
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