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Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri. The district includes 53 contributing buildings, a contributing site, and a contributing structure in the central business district of Pleasant Hill.”

Wikipedia article Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 2005 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

The ground it stands on

680 words

The chapter on Pleasant Hill Township in History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917 names Pleasant Hill. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The finances of the city and surrounding country are managed by the Citizens Bank, the Pleasant Hill Banking Company, the Commercial Bank and Farmers National Bank. The city has two well managed and edited papers, "The Local" and "The Times," both democratic in politics. The Masons and Odd Fellows have long held lodges there. There is a claim that the Masons organized a lodge there in 1854, and that this was the first lodge in the county. This lodge suspended during the War of the Rebellion and reorganized, following the close of the war. Other lodges are well represented.

Passage source: History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917.

From the close of the war, up to 1873, this town experienced a phenominal degree of prosperity. Its trade was simply immense. It reached far west into Kansas, as far south as Arkansas and divided the trade east to the Missouri River. Town lots then sold for thousands of dollars each, the same lots can now be bought for ten dollars each. The panic of 1873 wrought havoc to Pleasant Hill, as it did to many other towns, and in fact the whole country.

Passage source: History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Pleasant Hill Township - 680 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenwood Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Greenwood Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
McKee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls. QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this property

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill, the town this property stands in, in 65 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 7 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1998Flash FloodPleasant Hill$200,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill$20,000Winds gusted up to between 70 and 80 mph at the National Weather Service Office on the north side of Pleasant Hill.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill$5,0006 inch trees down and roof damage reported.
June 2010FloodPleasant Hill$3,000An off duty NWS meteorologist, reported flooding near the the intersection of Front Street and Highway 58. Five homes had minor flooding.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill$3,000Severe thunderstorms produced hail up to baseball size in several places around the county, and also produced wind gusts up to 80 mph. Numerous trees and large branches were downed around both the Pleasant Hill and Belton areas.
May 1995HailPleasant Hill$2,000Severe thunderstorms produced hail up to baseball size in several places around the county, and also produced wind gusts up to 80 mph. Numerous trees and large branches were downed around both the Pleasant Hill and Belton areas.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Downed tree and wires near Merle Road in Pleasant Hill.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Tree down on south side of Pleasant Hill.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Between visual estimation and measured gust from an automated weather station on site, estimated 65 to 70 mph wind gusts at WFO Pleasant Hill.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Tree limbs downed around the forecast office in Pleasant Hill.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-A large tree was down in Pleasant Hill, near the NWS office.
July 2019Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Road barricades were up along Country Club Drive due to water running over the roads.
July 2019FloodPleasant Hill-Sand bagging was ongoing to prevent water from flowing into some houses on Cardinal Street.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Several trees were down in Pleasant Hill.
May 2019FloodPleasant Hill-Highway 58 closed in both directions on the southwest side of Pleasant Hill.
March 2018Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Numerous residences and roads across Pleasant Hill were submerged below running water.
March 2018HailPleasant Hill-This hail was observed at the NWS office in Pleasant Hill.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-NWS employee at the NWS office in Pleasant Hill estimated 60 to 70 mph winds as the storms came through Pleasant Hill.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-On duty meteorologists at the WFO reported 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2017FloodPleasant Hill-Highway 58 near the Cass County Fairgrounds was flooded due to Big Creek flowing out of its banks.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-A well secured fireworks tent was blown down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-A line of thunderstorms moved through Pleasant Hill bringing an estimated 60 to 70 mph wind with it. Numerous large trees in and around Pleasant Hill were damaged as a result of this wind.
July 2014FloodPleasant Hill-Flowing and standing water in multiple locations along Highway 48 between Strasburg and Pleasant Hill. Ditches were overflowing and standing water was reported in nearby fields.
May 2012Flash FloodPleasant Hill-All streets were reported impassable in downtown Pleasant Hill.
May 2012Heavy RainPleasant Hill-The National Weather Service Office in Pleasant Hill, measured 3.20 inches of rain since 7 AM CDT.
May 2012Flash FloodPleasant Hill-One foot of water was reported flowing over the road, at the intersection of Country Club Drive and Murray Road.
June 2011FloodPleasant Hill-Highway 7 was closed at Highway P due to high water.
March 2009Flash FloodPleasant Hill-One foot of water was reported over Boardman Road, at 175th Street near Big Creek.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Measured at the National Weather Service office.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Five inch tree down.
May 2002Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Several roads closed due to flooding from heavy rains.
April 2001Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Flooding from one to two inches of rain was reported in Pleasant Hill. Several roads were closed dueto high water.
June 2001Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Paris road flooded as well as several rural roads with from 1 to 2 feet of water.
June 2001Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Flooding of Paris road and several rural roads with as much as 1 to 2 feet of water continues.
June 2001Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Law enforcement reported several roads under 1 to 2 feet of water, from locally heavy rains.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph by on-duty NWS employees at the Pleasant Hill WFO.
May 2000HailPleasant Hill-Flat hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter fell at the NWS office in Pleasant Hill.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph at the Weather Service office in Pleasant Hill.
April 1998HailPleasant Hill-A spotter reported dime-size hail 3 miles northwest of Pleasant Hill during a severe thunderstorm.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Severe thunderstorm winds gusted to 55 MPH at the National Weather Service office in Pleasant Hill. The Pleasant Hill Police reported several power lines blown down. Several telephone poles were knocked down in East Lynn at K Highway and 227th St.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-A 61 MPH wind was recorded at the National Weather Service Office in Pleasant Hill as the same line of storms that produced wind damage in Kansas City moved through.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at the National Weather Service Office in Pleasant Hill.
May 1995HailPleasant Hill-Severe thunderstorms produced hail up to baseball size in several places around the county, and also produced wind gusts up to 80 mph. Numerous trees and large branches were downed around both the Pleasant Hill and Belton areas.
March 2022HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
April 2015HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
May 2012HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
June 2011HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
February 2011HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
September 2010HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
September 2010HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
May 2008HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
February 2007HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
September 2005HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
September 2005HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
May 2003HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-no account filed
April 2001HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
April 2001HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000781 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cass CountyAll 7 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.