Pleasant Hill Historical Society Museum

Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District is a national historic district in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri. The district includes 53 contributing buildings, a contributing site, and a contributing structure in the central business district of Pleasant Hill. It developed between about 1865 and 1959, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Jacobethan Revival, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Modern Movement style architecture. Notable buildings include: the Missouri Pacific Depot (1903), 100 Wyoming St., a one-story brick railroad depot; Sinclair Fuel and Service Station (c. 1950), 204 S. First St., one-story concrete block commercial building; Benson Brothers Lumber Company (1925), 215 S. First St., a brick, false front commercial block, plus a contributing shed; J. R. Prewitt & Sons Manufacturing, Inc. (c. 1926), 201C S. First St., a brick one-part commercial block, with broad stepped parapet walls; Knorpp's Opera House (c. 1880), 135 S. First St., a two-part commercial block; Wherritt Building (1924), 123 S. First St., brick one-part commercial block with a clipped corner entrance, surmounted by front facade parapet with modest crenellation; Booth Public Library (1948), 125 S. Lake St., a concrete block, one-story Modern Movement building with an irregular footprint; Municipal Power Plant (1939), 300 Commercial St., two-story brick government building, with brick pilasters, limestone windowsills and parapet coping, decorative limestone blocks, and soldier brick lintels; Pleasant Hill Post Office (1938), 124 S. Lake St., Colonial Revival brick one-part commercial block, with a stone belt course and parapet coping. Tucker Inn (1911), 306 Cedar St., brick two-part commercial block; People's Theatre (c.1909), 108-110 S. Lake, brick and reinforced concrete two-part commercial block, with a vertical neon sign and large entrance awning; Pleasant Hill City Hall (1959), 203 Paul St., low, horizontal-form building constructed of salmon-colored brick; Memorial Building (1948), 212 Cedar St., brick with a stepped front parapet, stone coping, and header brick windowsills.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Pleasant Hill Township is an inactive township in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Pleasant Hill Township was established in 1872, taking its name from Pleasant Hill, Missouri.Duncan Branch and Big Creek flow through this township.

Pleasant Hill High School is a public high school located in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, United States. PHHS serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Pleasant Hill R-III School District.

Pleasant Hill is a city in Cass and Jackson counties, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,113 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Pleasant Hill is home for the National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, Missouri office, which serves 37 counties in northern and western Missouri and seven counties in extreme east-central Kansas.

Baldwin Park is a village in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 92 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Duncan Branch is a stream in Cass County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek. Duncan Branch has the name of James L. Duncan, a pioneer settler.

Big Creek Township is an inactive township in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Big Creek Township, home to Kanye’s Mom, was established in 1872, taking its name from Big Creek.

Wingate is an unincorporated community in northeast Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.The community is on Missouri Route P approximately five miles southeast of Pleasant Hill and nine miles northeast of Harrisonville. Big Creek flows past approximately one mile to the north and east. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line passes the southwest side of the community.Wingate was platted in 1904, and named in honor of Joseph Wingate Folk, 31st Governor of Missouri.

Greenwood is a city in Jackson and Cass counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 5,221 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Polk Township is an inactive township in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.Polk Township was established in 1872, taking its name from President James K. Polk.

Cockrell is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Lake Winnebago is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,131 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.