PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia names 2013's Most Notable Properties

February 5, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST

Six historic sites across Columbia made the Historic Preservation Commission's 2013 list of Most Notable Places including Booche's and the Niedermeyer building.

Customers sit inside Booche's on Monday. The restaurant was founded by Paul "Booche" Venable in 1884 and found its current home at 110 S. Ninth Street in 1927. | Elizabeth Cardwell

The downtown building that houses Booche's was built in 1925 and has been occupied by the restaurant since 1927. | Elizabeth Cardwell

Built in 1837, the Niedermeyer building is the oldest in downtown Columbia. It was built to house the Columbia Female Academy, which eventually led to the establishment of Stephens College. It has also been used as a hotel and the location for MU's Domestic Sciences Department before being converted into apartments in 1921. | Hany Hawasly

The Pi Beta Phi Missouri Alpha Chapter House was built in 1930 to house the MU's chapter of the international women's fraternity. | Hany Hawasly

Built in 1906, 1411 Anthony St. is one of several houses in the East Campus neighborhood that has been converted to single-family use. | Harry Katz

Built in 1926 for one of the first deans of the Missouri Bible College, 703 Ingleside has been owned by only two families in the past eight decades. | Harry Katz

The house at 916 W. Stewart Road was built between 1920 and 1940 and has been home to several prominent Columbia residents, including Rex Barrett, a two-term mayor of Columbia. | Harry Katz