Rains Brothers Building in Joplin, MO
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Rains Brothers Building

The Rains Brothers Building is gone: fire destroyed it on March 1, 2012. Built in 1900 and 1901, the three-story commercial building in Joplin, MO, also went by Miner's Hardware Company and the Roosevelt Hotel over the years. Its site is part of the Main and Eighth Streets district, so travelers can still walk the surrounding block of early-1900s buildings near the Route 66 corridor.

What is Rains Brothers Building?

Its three-bay front showed Renaissance Revival details, with a shop level at the street and upper floors above. It had been added to the National Register in 1990.

Visiting Rains Brothers Building: tips

There is no building left to see. Instead, walk the Main and Eighth Streets district, about 0.1 mile away, or head to Route 66 Park, about 0.3 mile off.

Practical info

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Main and Eighth Streets Historic District in Joplin, MO

Main and Eighth Streets Historic District

Joplin, Missouri · 0.2 mi from Route 66

Twenty early-1900s buildings, several of them old hotels, cluster around a downtown Joplin corner.

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0.1 mi from Rains Brothers Building

Route 66 Park

Joplin, Missouri · on Route 66

A downtown Joplin park with giant Route 66 tile murals and a half-car photo prop.

Route 66 site

0.3 mi from Rains Brothers Building

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Newman Brothers Building

Joplin, Missouri · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A Chicago School department store building in downtown Joplin, now home to city offices.

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0.3 mi from Rains Brothers Building

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St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Building

Joplin, Missouri · on Route 66

A nine-story railroad station and office tower from 1913 that still anchors downtown Joplin.

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0.3 mi from Rains Brothers Building

Joplin Downtown Historic District, Missouri

Joplin Downtown Historic District

Joplin, Missouri · on Route 66

Forty-eight historic buildings in Joplin's old business core, from Mission Revival to Art Deco.

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0.4 mi from Rains Brothers Building

Murphysburg Historic District

Joplin, Missouri · 0.1 mi from Route 66

185 historic buildings, from Queen Anne houses to early churches, in a residential corner of Joplin.

Historic district

0.4 mi from Rains Brothers Building

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