2626-2630 Cherokee Street
The Hope Building

In 1913, The Hope Investment Company commissioned architect Robert G. Kirsch to design a commercial building to occupy this corner. Kirsch was well known for designing several courthouses in Missouri during the turn of the twentieth century. His success in the region prompted Kirsch to move his operations from Milwaukee to St. Louis in 1911. To construct his two-story building, Kirsch hired the Great Western Construction Company and stone mason Harry Jeffrey.

Known as The Hope Building, the structure contained several separate stores on the first and second floors. In 1937, The Silver Creek Liquor Company hired architect Leo F. Abrams to alter the exterior and interior of the store. Abrams utilized a modern glazed tile for the remodel of the first story exterior. Converted into a single store, the interior was divided into distinct zones for a restaurant, bar and retail liquor store. For the next sixteen years, a 905 Liquor Store occupied the remodeled space. In 1953, the Cohen Family opened a Globe Self-Service Drug Store in this location.

While in operation as a 905 Liquor Store, company owner Morris Multin commissioned Regionalist artist J.B. Turnbull to paint twelve murals for this store. A Day in the Country, produced in 1937, contained seven murals depicting the course of a day in Midwestern agrarian society. One year later, the second set of five paintings, Industrial Missouri, deals with the mining industry in southeastern Missouri. The murals are currently in the collection of Marquette University’s Haggarty Museum in Milwaukee.

Cherokee Station
Business Association

2626-2630 Cherokee Street
The Hope Building

In 1913, The Hope Investment Company commissioned architect Robert G. Kirsch to design a commercial building to occupy this corner. Kirsch was well known for designing several courthouses in Missouri during the turn of the twentieth century. His success in the region prompted Kirsch to move his operations from Milwaukee to St. Louis in 1911. To construct his two-story building, Kirsch hired the Great Western Construction Company and stone mason Harry Jeffrey.

Known as The Hope Building, the structure contained several separate stores on the first and second floors. In 1937, The Silver Creek Liquor Company hired architect Leo F. Abrams to alter the exterior and interior of the store. Abrams utilized a modern glazed tile for the remodel of the first story exterior. Converted into a single store, the interior was divided into distinct zones for a restaurant, bar and retail liquor store. For the next sixteen years, a 905 Liquor Store occupied the remodeled space. In 1953, the Cohen Family opened a Globe Self-Service Drug Store in this location.

While in operation as a 905 Liquor Store, company owner Morris Multin commissioned Regionalist artist J.B. Turnbull to paint twelve murals for this store. A Day in the Country, produced in 1937, contained seven murals depicting the course of a day in Midwestern agrarian society. One year later, the second set of five paintings, Industrial Missouri, deals with the mining industry in southeastern Missouri. The murals are currently in the collection of Marquette University’s Haggarty Museum in Milwaukee.

Cherokee Station
Business Association