Rothbard Gallery

Live and work in historic Clarksville, Missouri

Two historic storefronts

one finished as an art gallery with living quarters upstairs

Second storefront is ready for your plans

113-115 N. First Street

$179,900 Reduced

Come Touch the Mississippi River

Clarksville, Missouri

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We are offering for sale two adjacent historic buildings that tell a unique story.

When it was determined that the buildings were not stable and would need to be demolished, Historic Clarksville, Inc stepped in to save the historic streetscape. The facades of both buildings were saved. Reportedly, $309,545 was invested in stabilizing the façade and rebuilding 113 N. First Street. In 1999, a completely new building was constructed behind the over hundred year old ornamental metal façade.

The Historic Clarksville, Inc. spent over $95,000 stabilizing the façade of the adjacent building, 115 N. First Street. It has yet to be reconstructed. The artist owners have a concrete floor in place and have built a small metal building used in creating art glass.

The Storefronts

The late Victorian pressed metal facade sports a panoply of classical motifs.

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Historic Charm on the Mississippi, Clarksville, Missouri …

Clarksville, Missouri is located just an hours drive north of St. Louis on the banks of the Mississippi River

This sleepy little early 19^th Century river town that was in its heyday when steamboats ruled the Mississippi was awakened by the arrival of new settlers. In the 1980s Clarksville was discovered by artists and antique dealers as a place with much of its 19^th Century charm intact. Its old storefronts became ideal places for art galleries, stores for resident craftsmen who produce the next generation’s antiques, and fine antique shops and restaurants. Many of these artisans lived in the loft like spaces above their galleries and storefronts. As the town’s artist colony grew, it became a vacation destination with several fine B & B’s and restaurants to compliment the galleries and boutiques.

In addition to the art and the antiques, the Mississippi draws boaters and kayakers.

The birds of Clarksville Island attract the birdwatchers.

The eagles are attracted to the good fishing at the lock and dam on the north end of town.

The historic business district is proud of its location on the banks of the Mississippi. In the past twenty years during two major floods of the Mississippi River the historic business district was saved by the efforts of Clarksville citizens and thousands of volunteers who constructed sandbag levees.

113 N. First The Gallery

The original storefront windows and front door open to the impressive gallery space which boasts nearly fourteen foot ceilings, a bath, and an office area; French doors open to a small backyard and alley parking. Gallery patrons will notice the fabulous view from the shop windows of the Mississippi River just beyond the park across the street.

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113 N First The Living Quarters

The gallery owners quarters on the second floor is a loft like space with incredible views from the original buildings floor length windows. The artist owners built out the loft space to suit their needs. With one large open space and high ceilings, the living area opens to the kitchen. This space gets abundant natural light from the original floor length windows.To the rear of the loft is a bath and three bedrooms.