What to See in Kirksville - Top Sights and Attractions

Adair County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. It was built in 1898, and is a three-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style rectangular building. It is constructed of rusticated stone, and has a medium composition hipped roof. It has four gables, four hipped dormers, and features four corner pavilions with pyramidal roofs. It features large Roman entrance arches supported by pairs of short, thick colonnettes of polished granite.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

Heritage building in Kirksville, Missouri. The Grim Building is an office building and former medical clinic located in Kirksville, Missouri. Constructed in the Jacobethan Revival style in 1905, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in June, 1979.^[2]

Church building in Kirksville, Missouri. Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church building at 124 N Mulanix Street in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Displaying an eclectic style, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in January, 2008. The church building is the second-oldest in Kirksville to be in continuous use by a congregation.^[3]

Dr. E. Sanborn Smith House, also known as the King House, is a historic home located at Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. It was built in 1925, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, "T"-shaped, Colonial Revival style brick and stucco dwelling. It has a side-gable roof with dormers and features decorative half-timbering on the second floor.^[4]

The Masonic Temple in Kirksville, Missouri serves as the home for Kirksville Lodge No. 105 A.F. & A.M. Adair Lodge No. 366 A.F. & A.M. Kirksville Chapter No. 184 O.E.S. Caldwell Chapter No. 53 R.A.M. Kirksville Council No. 44 R.&S.M. and Ely Commandery No. 22 K.T. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 2010.^[5]

Journal Printing Company Building, also known as the Dockery Building, is a historic commercial building located at Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. It was built in 1905, and is a rectangular, two‐story, five bay, buff brick two-part commercial block over a raised basement. It measures 40 feet by 108 feet. The building an ornate Italianate style metal cornice and six smooth, slender shafts with Ionic order capitals supporting a brick frieze at the first floor.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[6]

Hotel. Travelers Hotel is a historic hotel located at Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. It was built in 1923–1924, and is a four-story, brick building that consists of two wings flanking a central core. It has commercial storefronts on the first floor and features a centrally placed flat roof porch with Doric order piers and a wide metal cornice.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[7]

Home in Kirksville, Missouri. The Captain Thomas C. Harris House is a two-story Italianate-style home located at 101 East Burton street in Kirksville, Missouri. A modified "T-plan" Victorian home constructed in 1875, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1973.^[8]

Public university in Kirksville, Missouri. Truman State University is a public university in Kirksville, Missouri. It had 5,222 enrolled students in the fall of 2019 pursuing degrees in 50 undergraduate and eight graduate programs.

The university is named for U.S. President Harry Truman, who was a Missouri native. From 1972 until 1996, the school was known as Northeast Missouri State University.^[9]