Cashion-Ziegler-Greenwell Building

Cashion-Ziegler-Greenwell Building. . This property was first sold to William McLain and Wilford Layton on May 24, 1823 for $32.25. Brothers Archibald Hager and William Alexander Cashion erected a two-story brick building in 1879. A stable was erected behind the building for a total cost of $8,000. On the first floor was a saloon in a corner room, the law office of D.C. Farrar, a sewing machine shop owned by another brother, John Cashion and the Republican newspaper office, which had an extensive printing shop. Cashion and Cashion were the newspaper editors. The second story served as an opera house, and later at residence for Archibald Cashion and his family, with the building becoming known as the Cashion Building. , In 1915, John Ziegler owned this building and it was known by the locals as the Ziegler Building. An opera house and theater continued in operation on the second floor. A fire threatened to demolish the building at one point, but the Perryville Fire Company quickly extinguished the blaze with only minor damage. By 1927, the place became known as the James T. Greenwell Building. It was remodeled by Greenwell to become a modern hotel, with the addition of another story with a flat, fireproof roof. The first floor contained a lobby, kitchen, and sample rooms and a new store front was added. The second and third floors contained a total of 28 rooms, six with a private bath. From the 1940's to the 1960's, Sutterer Sales and Service sold appliances on the first floor. , , The Southeast Missouri Council of Governments purchased this building in 1981. The council has leased the property to the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission since that time.