Reynolds House Photography Exhibition

Cape Girardeau’s architectural story is written in brick, timber, stone, and the quiet persistence of place. In this exhibition, photographer Larry Braun presents sixteen 12×18 prints that highlight some of the city’s most distinctive historic buildings. Each image is a portrait — not only of a structure, but of the craftsmanship, eras, and cultural memory that shaped it.

The newly refurbished Reynolds House, restored with exceptional care and attention to its 1857 character, provides an ideal setting for this work. As one of Cape Girardeau’s earliest surviving residences, it stands as a living artifact of the city’s beginnings. Displaying these architectural prints within its walls creates a dialogue across time: early frontier vernacular meeting Victorian ambition, Classical Revival symmetry, and the evolving forms that followed.

This collection invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and rediscover the built environment that surrounds them every day. These buildings are more than landmarks — they are long‑standing witnesses, each with its own presence, its own story, and its own place in Cape Girardeau’s unfolding history.