Cameron's Antiques

130 Main St. Halltown, MO
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During Route 66's heyday, Halltown was known as The Antique Capitol of the U.S. This building was built in 1930 and was known as Cameron's Antiques beginning in the late 1950s. The upstairs has apartments and the main floor was the antique shop. Bob Cameron specialized in antique brass lamps and lighting fixtures. Cameron apparently did business here for forty years or so.

In the 1950s there were seven or more antique shops doing business in Halltown. Looking through ads in old newspapers it appears that there was a fairly rapid turnover of operators of at least some of those shops

The building appeared to be vacant when we took this photo in 2016. It's a simple two story concrete block building with a gable roof and a full width porch on the main level and a full width balcony on the second floor.

Photo(s): 2016