CEMENTLAND ARCHIVE is a growing collection of interviews, photographs, and other materials documenting Cementland: an iconic industrial ruin and art site in St. Louis, MO.
CEMENTLAND ARCHIVE is a growing collection of interviews, photographs, and other materials documenting an iconic industrial ruin in St. Louis, MO. In the 2000s, the St. Louis artist Bob Cassilly, known for City Museum, set out to convert the abandoned Missouri Portland Cement factory into Cementland: part amusement park, part sculptural installation, part earthwork. The project stalled in the 2010s after Cassilly passed, but the site remained a wild patch of biodiversity and a popular hangout even as the property changed hands. We hope this archive will serve nuanced discussion of Cementland’s impact as a de facto active public art site that drew many curious visitors.
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Mark Wilbur
Bellefontaine Neighbors Then and Now Facebook group
Personal narrative by Mark Wilbur, 2025
Personal narrative
Mark Wilbur
Bellefontaine Neighbors Then and Now Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/10/2025
Cindy May
Cindy May's letter to St. Louis County Air Pollution Control Office, 1972
Document
Cindy May
1972
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
North County
Environmental hazards
Community organizing
12/22/2025
Tim, Julian, Ana, and Dani

Photos by Tim, Julian, Ana, and Dani, 2018
Photo
Tim, Julian, Ana, and Dani
2018
2010–2019
2011–
11/10/2025
Darrel Toler Sr
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
Personal narrative by Darrel Toler Sr, 2025
Personal narrative
Darrel Toler Sr
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/9/2025
Blue
Personal narrative by Blue, 2023
Personal narrative
Blue
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Photography
Public art
North County
7/19/2024
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society

Photo by Sievers Studio, 1942
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1942
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
North County
11/12/2025
Anonymous
Anonymous personal narrative, 2026
Personal narrative
Anonymous
2026
2020–2029
2011–
Graffiti
2/25/2026
Janelle
Personal narrative by Janelle, 2024
Personal narrative
Janelle
2024
2020–2029
2011–
North County
Bob Cassilly
1/6/2025
Cindy May
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Bellefontaine Neighbors Mayor's response to Cindy May, 1972
Document
Cindy May
1972
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Community organizing
12/22/2025
Cindy May

Report on damage from MPC factory emissions, 1975
Document
Cindy May
1975
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Community organizing
12/23/2025
State Historical Society of Missouri

Baden News Press report on Missouri Portland Cement Co., 1976
Document
State Historical Society of Missouri
1976
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Bellefontaine Neighbors
1/9/2025
Rick Ewin

Interview with Rick Erwin, 2025
Interview
Rick Ewin
2025
2020–2029
Bob Cassilly
City Museum
Environmental hazards
North County
Architectural salvage & preservation
Cops
Public art
Urban exploration
2000–2011
2011–
9/16/2025
Emma Mohrmann
Personal narrative by Emma Mohrmann, 2023
Personal narrative
Emma Mohrmann
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Graffiti
Brick
Ecology
1/2/2025
Missouri Historical Society
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The St. Louis Builder reporting on St. Louis Portland Cement Co., 1903
Document
Missouri Historical Society
1903
1900–1909
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
7/18/2025
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis Mercantile Library Collections at UMSL

Photo by St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1910–1948
Photo
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis Mercantile Library Collections at UMSL
1910–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
9/25/2025
St. Louis Mercantile Library Collections at UMSL

Photo of Missouri Portland Cement Co. hopper car, 1925
Photo
St. Louis Mercantile Library Collections at UMSL
1925
1920–1929
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
9/18/2025
Cindy May
St. Louis Post Dispatch

St. Louis Post Dispatch on lawsuit plans against MPC factory, 1974
Document
Cindy May
St. Louis Post Dispatch
1974
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Community organizing
12/23/2025
Cindy May

Report on St. Louis County investigation of MPC factory pollution, 1972
Document
Cindy May
1972
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Community organizing
12/25/2025
George A. Warren
Missouri Historical Society

Cement Trains by George A. Warren, 1907–1918
Photo
George A. Warren
Missouri Historical Society
1900–1909
1910–1919
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
Mississippi River
4/28/2025
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society

Photo by Sievers Studio, 1948
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1948
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
4/28/2025
State Historical Society of Missouri

Post-Dispatch reporting on Missouri Portland Cement Co.'s appeal, 1977
Document
State Historical Society of Missouri
1977
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Bellefontaine Neighbors
Community organizing
1/9/2025
Anonymous
Anonymous personal narrative #4, 2023
Personal narrative
Anonymous
2023
2020–2029
2000–2011
Bob Cassilly
1/6/2025
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger

Photos by Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger, 2016
Photo
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
2016
2010–2019
2011–
1/5/2025
Emma Mohrmann

Drawing by Emma Mohrmann, 2023
Drawing & collage
Emma Mohrmann
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Graffiti
1/2/2025
Carley Walton
Personal narrative by Carley Walton, 2024
Personal narrative
Carley Walton
2024
2020–2029
2011–
1/6/2025
State Historical Society of Missouri

Letter from Missouri Portland Cement Co. to the US Defense Production Administration, 1951
Document
State Historical Society of Missouri
1951
1950–1951
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1/9/2025



























