Columbia in Boone County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

The Diggs Building

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 25, 2024

1. The Diggs Building Marker

Inscription. Built by Bill and Pleas Wright in 1919-20 as the Wright Brothers' Barn, with an office and stables for feeding and sale of 300 of the famous Missouri Mules. In 1930, W.E. Rader and Thomas Dudley Diggs started the Rader Packing Company in the southeast corner of the Wright building. Thomas D. and Minnie Rader Diggs bought the building in 1937, then occupied and remodeled the entire building for their meatpacking operations in 1953. In 1973 the company became the Diggs Packing Company, which ceased operations here in 2005. The Diggs Building was named a Columbia Historic Property in June 2006.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical month for this entry is June 2006.

Location. 38° 57.421′ N, 92° 19.373′ W. Marker is in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County. It is on Hinkson Avenue west of Fay Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1107 Hinkson Ave, Columbia MO 65201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Little Dixie

and in the Missouri River Corridor.

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It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Columbia Public Schools Historic Property (approx. 0.3 miles away); Annie Fisher's House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Masonic Historic Site (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cold War SW Asia Global War on Terrorism Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Boone County Vietnam Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Boone County World War II & Korean War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Varsity Theater - 1927 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Boone County World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Also see . . . Wright Brothers Mule Barn on Wikipedia. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 2007 (#07001119). (Submitted on June 25, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 25, 2024

2. The Diggs Building Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 373 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 25, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.