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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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
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
Blue
Personal narrative by Blue, 2023
Personal narrative
Blue
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Photography
Public art
North County
7/19/2024
L.A. Trask
Personal narrative by L.A. Trask, 2023
Personal narrative
L.A. Trask
2023
2020–2029
2011–
7/19/2024
Emma Mohrmann
Personal narrative by Emma Mohrmann, 2023
Personal narrative
Emma Mohrmann
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Graffiti
Brick
Ecology
1/2/2025
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
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
Cindy May
Baden News Press

Baden News Press on St. Louis County meeting with Bellefontaine Neighbors residents, 1974
Document
Cindy May
Baden News Press
1974
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Community organizing
12/23/2025
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
Carley Walton
Personal narrative by Carley Walton, 2024
Personal narrative
Carley Walton
2024
2020–2029
2011–
1/6/2025
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, 2026
Personal narrative
Anonymous
2026
2020–2029
2011–
Graffiti
2/25/2026
Cindy May
Baden News Press

Baden News Press and North County Journal on MPC factory pollution measures, 1972
Document
Cindy May
Baden News Press
1972
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Community organizing
12/22/2025
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
Donna Stoppelmann Steiner
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Complaint against Missouri Portland Cement factory by Mr. and Mrs. Stoppelmann, 1974
Document
Donna Stoppelmann Steiner
Cindy May
1974
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/6/2025
Scott Mullen
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group

Interview with Scott Mullen, 2025
Interview
Scott Mullen
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/9/2025
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
Bill Christman

Interview with Bill Christman, 2024
Interview
Bill Christman
2024
2020–2029
Architectural salvage
Environmental hazards
Ecology
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Bob Cassilly
1901–1981
1982–1999
2000–2011
2011–
Architectural preservation & salvage
12/4/2024




















