Historic Preservation in Missouri (2026)
13 rules on the books across Missouri, 13 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Historic-Cultural Monuments
How buildings, sites, and trees are nominated and designated as Historic-Cultural Monuments, the protections that follow, and the demolition-stay process.
Boone County
Significant RestrictionsProperty owners in Boone County, Missouri can petition to create a Character Preservation Overlay District that…
Read full rule →Columbia
Significant RestrictionsColumbia, Missouri requires a certificate of appropriateness from its 7-member Historic Preservation Commission before…
Read full rule →Independence
Significant RestrictionsIndependence's Heritage Commission designates individual Historic Landmarks using National Register-style criteria…
Read full rule →Jackson County
Significant RestrictionsJackson County requires a Certificate of Appropriateness from its Historic Resources Commission before altering…
Read full rule →Jefferson County
Significant RestrictionsJefferson County designates historic landmarks and districts by County Council ordinance after Historic Preservation…
Read full rule →Kansas City
Significant RestrictionsKansas City designates historic landmarks and districts through a formal process run by the Historic Preservation…
Read full rule →Kirkwood
Significant RestrictionsKirkwood's seven-member Landmarks Commission designates buildings, sites and districts as landmarks after notice and a…
Read full rule →Lees Summit
Significant RestrictionsLee's Summit's Historic Preservation Commission can designate a building, site, structure or landscape feature at least…
Read full rule →O Fallon
Significant RestrictionsO'Fallon's Historic Preservation Commission can nominate and the City Council can designate any property, structure…
Read full rule →Springfield
Significant RestrictionsSpringfield's Landmarks Board designates historic sites, landmarks, and districts by city council resolution, and once…
Read full rule →St. Louis
Significant RestrictionsIn St. Louis, no public monument, statue, memorial, or fixture may be erected, altered, relocated, or removed in a…
Read full rule →St. Louis County
Significant RestrictionsSt. Louis County can designate a building, site, structure, monument, or neighborhood as a Landmark and Preservation…
Read full rule →Florissant
Some RestrictionsFlorissant's Landmark and Historic District Commission can designate any property, structure or area as a Landmark or…
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