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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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
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
Interview with Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger, 2024
Interview
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
2024
2020–2029
2011–
Bob Cassilly
Public art
Graffiti
Mississippi River
Real estate development
1/6/2025
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
Cindy May

Tina Shackleford's letter, 1974
Document
Cindy May
1974
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Community organizing
12/23/2025
Joe Wilson
Interview with Joe Wilson, 2025
Interview
Joe Wilson
2025
2020–2029
2000–2011
2011–
Bob Cassilly
North County
Cops
12/22/2025
State Historical Society of Missouri

Excerpt from St. Louis Chamber of Commerce survey on Missouri Portland Cement Co., 1948
Document
State Historical Society of Missouri
1948
1940–1949
1901–1981
–1900
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1/9/2025
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
State Historical Society of Missouri

Post-Dispatch reporting on audit of County including Air Pollution Control, 1976
Document
State Historical Society of Missouri
1976
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
1/9/2025
Tiggs

Interview with Tiggs and Rikki, 2025
Interview
Tiggs
Rikki
2025
2020–2029
2000–2011
2011–
Architectural salvage & preservation
Bob Cassilly
Ecology
Public art
Real estate development
Housing
Environmental hazards
City Museum
9/30/2025
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
Emma Mohrmann

Drawing by Emma Mohrmann, 2023
Drawing & collage
Emma Mohrmann
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Graffiti
1/2/2025
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society

Photo by Sievers Studio, 1942 #5
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1942
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
North County
11/12/2025
















