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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Danya Gerasimova

'Stacked' poster by Danya Gerasimova
Drawing & collage
Danya Gerasimova
2024
2020–2029
2011–
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1/21/2025
Bruce Gerrie

Interview with Bruce Gerrie, 2024
Interview
Bruce Gerrie
2024
2020–2029
1901–1981
1982–1999
2000–2011
2011–
Bob Cassilly
Architectural salvage & preservation
Lafayette Square
Mississippi River
Cops
Lafayette Square
1/15/2025
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
State Historical Society of Missouri

Meeting on environmental regulation between activists and government representatives, 1975
Document
State Historical Society of Missouri
1975
1970–1979
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
Bellefontaine Neighbors
Community organizing
1/9/2025
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
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
Jane Linke
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
Interview with Jane Linke, 2025
Interview
Jane Linke
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/6/2025
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
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
Video by Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger #2, 2016
Video
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
2016
2010–2019
2011–
1/6/2025
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
Personal narrative by Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger, 2023
Personal narrative
Peat 'Eyez' Wollaeger
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Bob Cassilly
1/5/2025
State Historical Society of Missouri

Statement by the League of Women Voters of St. Louis on Missouri Portland Cement Co., 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, 1948 #2
Photo
Sievers Studio
Missouri Historical Society
1948
1940–1949
Missouri Portland Cement Company
1901–1981
4/28/2025
Anonymous
Anonymous personal narrative #3, 2023
Personal narrative
Anonymous
2023
2020–2029
2011–
Environmental hazards
1/5/2025
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
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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
George A. Warren
Missouri Historical Society
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Train Going Over Bridge 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
4/9/2025
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
Thai Johnson

Cementland Extreme Skate by Thai Johnson, 2023
Video
Drawing & collage
Thai Johnson
2023
2020–2029
2011–
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
Liz Smith
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
Personal narrative by Liz Smith, 2025
Personal narrative
Liz Smith
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/9/2025
Richard W. Lemen
St. Louis Mercantile Library Collections at UMSL

Photo by Richard W. Lemen, 1910–1919
Photo
Richard W. Lemen
St. Louis Mercantile Library Collections at UMSL
1910–1919
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Mississippi River
9/18/2025
Mike Gualdoni
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Interview with Mike Gualdoni and Zach White, 2024
Interview
Mike Gualdoni
Zach White
2024
2020–2029
2011–
Architectural salvage & preservation
Bob Cassilly
Methodology
City Museum
Housing
Community organizing
–1900
1901–1981
1982–1999
1/13/2025
Brody Brown
Personal narrative by Brody Brown, 2023
Personal narrative
Brody Brown
2023
2020–2029
2011–
1/8/2025
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
Vicky Jonson
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
Interview with Vicky Johnson, 2025
Interview
Vicky Jonson
Riverview MO Memories and Friends Facebook group
2025
2020–2029
1901–1981
Missouri Portland Cement Company
Environmental hazards
North County
11/6/2025
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


























