The McDaniel Building in downtown Springfield, Missouri, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places effective Oct. 22, according to an email Friday from the National Park Service.
The six-story building, built in 1914, was around when Cyrus Avery and John Woodruff worked on details during meetings in Springfield about what became the fledgling U.S. Highway 66 during the early and mid-1920s.
The McDaniel building sits on 316 Park Central East, which is an alignment of Route 66 that goes through the downtown square.
The McDaniel had sat empty for years, but The Vecino Group development company became its savior early this year when it renovated the structure for student housing. The building now is known as The U.
(Image of the McDaniel Building in Springfield, Missouri, by Dustin Holmes via Flickr)