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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Amy Scherer

Interview with Amy Scherer, 2024
Interview
Amy Scherer
2024
2020–2029
2000–2011
2011–
Architectural salvage & preservation
Bob Cassilly
Environmental hazards
Urban exploration
Housing
Riverview
North City
Real estate development
1/16/2025
Dave Blum

Interview with Dave Blum, 2024
Interview
Dave Blum
2024
2020–2029
2000–2011
2011–
Mississippi River
Environmental hazards
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Bob Cassilly
Architectural salvage & preservation
Urban exploration
City Museum
Cops
1/12/2025
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society

Photo by Sievers Studio, 1948 #6
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1948
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
4/28/2025
Michael Allen
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Interview with Michael Allen about Lafayette Square, 2025
Interview
Michael Allen
2025
2020–2029
Lafayette Square
Bob Cassilly
Architectural salvage & preservation
–1900
1901–1981
1982–1999
5/29/2025
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society

Photo by Sievers Studio, 1948 #7
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1948
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
4/28/2025
Poopyknife

Interview with Poopyknife, 2025
Interview
Poopyknife
2025
2020–2029
2011–
North County
North City
Urban exploration
Environmental hazards
Graffiti
Housing
10/9/2025
Emma Mohrmann
Personal narrative by Emma Mohrmann, 2023
Personal narrative
Emma Mohrmann
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Graffiti
Brick
Ecology
1/2/2025
George A. Warren
Missouri Historical Society
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Marion Model 100 Steam Shovel by George A. Warren, 1913
Photo
George A. Warren
Missouri Historical Society
1913
1910–1919
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
4/9/2025
Joan Wilson Steinert
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
Interview with Joan Wilson Steinert, 2025
Interview
Joan Wilson Steinert
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/6/2025
Susan Wilson
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
Interview with Susan Wilson, 2025
Interview
Susan Wilson
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/6/2025
Danya Gerasimova

'Stacked' poster by Danya Gerasimova
Drawing & collage
Danya Gerasimova
2024
2020–2029
2011–
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1/21/2025
Anonymous
Anonymous personal narrative #1, 2023
Personal narrative
Anonymous
2023
2020–2029
2011–
CIty Museum
1/2/2025
Hugo Gyrl

Interview with Hugo Gyrl, 2025
Interview
Hugo Gyrl
2025
2020–2029
Bob Cassilly
City Museum
Mississippi River
Graffiti
Public art
2000–2011
2011–
4/29/2025
Mike McCubbins

'Welcome to Bob Cassilly's* Cementland' by Mike McCubbins
Drawing & collage
Mike McCubbins
2025
2020–2029
2000–2011
Bob Cassilly
1/16/2025
Pamela Boyd

Interview with Alderwoman Pamela Boyd, 2024
Interview
Pamela Boyd
2024
2020–2029
2011–
North City
Cops
Public art
Real estate development
Riverview
Logistics industry
Environmental hazards
1/10/2025
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
Lynette Bales
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
Personal narrative by Lynette Bales, 2025
Personal narrative
Lynette Bales
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/9/2025
Yelyzaveta DiStefano

Photos by Yelyzaveta DiStefano #2, 2020
Photo
Yelyzaveta DiStefano
2020
2020–2029
2011–
1/9/2025
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
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Photo by Sievers Studio, 1942 #6
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1942
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
North County
11/12/2025
State Historical Society of Missouri

Post-Dispatch reporting on new regulation of Missouri Portland Cement Co. #2, 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
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society

Photo by Sievers Studio, 1942 #4
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1942
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
North County
11/12/2025
Lonny Boring

Interview with Lonny Boring, Great Rivers Greenway, 2025
Interview
Lonny Boring
2025
2020–2029
2000–2011
2011–
North City
Bellefontaine Neighbors
Riverview
Environmental hazards
Ecology
Architectural salvage & preservation
Bob Cassilly
Methodology
7/2/2025
Anonymous
Anonymous personal narrative #2, 2023
Personal narrative
Anonymous
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Housing
1/2/2025
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
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger

Photos by Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger, 2016
Photo
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
2016
2010–2019
2011–
1/5/2025
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
Personal narrative by Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger, 2023
Personal narrative
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Bob Cassilly
1/5/2025
Richard Sprengeler
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Narration of the series 'Cementland: Bob Cassilly's Unfinished Masterpiece' by Richard Sprengeler, 2024
Interview
Photo
Richard Sprengeler
2024
2020–2029
2000–2011
1901–1981
Photography
Graffiti
Environmental hazards
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Bob Cassilly
Architectural salvage & preservation
Urban exploration
1/13/2025























