Day 6: Yes, More Missouri

Somehow my numbering got off. If it matters, the last post should have been Day 5 and this one is really Day 6. Anyhow, lets start off with some animal statues.

This buzzard statue is in Springfield:

This giant foot, also in Springfield:

I’ve been documenting these former Sirloin Stockade bulls at my website for years. Here’s where you’ll find them:
https://www.roadarch.com/critters/bulls2.html

This one is in Lamar…:

and this one is on the roof in Martin City (although the restaurant and Google both say Kansas City):

This giant chair was built for a furniture store in Lee’s Summit. A few other businesses have occupied this building since then but the chair remains:

The Klaude Kendrick Library at Evangel University in Springfield:

I’ve been shooting these former Mid-West National Insurance Company buildings for years. This one is in Springfield. It would have had a plexiglass dome and revolving globe with a U.S. map on it above that roof projection. It was a very ambitious company that had hoped to build offices in all 50 states. I think they only got to about a half-dozen states before they disappeared. More about them and the surviving locations that I’ve been able to find (let me know if you find others!) at my website here:

https://www.roadarch.com/modarch/mooffice.html#Tax

A former Clark gas station sign in Springfield (I posted the surviving the cute little, mostly intact office building over at Flickr just now:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/

This sign in Butler is located at the now closed Chicken Larry’s Drive-in (former Sam’s Highway Hamburger):

This one is in Lee’s Summit (still open):

This Glo Cleaners is in Springfield:

Also in Springfield:

This sign in Springfield was built and installed in 2022. It was supposedly a replica but I’ve looked at a lot of postcards and do not find a match. Maybe “inspired by” would be a better term? The original sign from 1929 — super blurry but clearly a different design: