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Red Cedar Inn Visitor Center

1047 E. Osage St. (Route 66), Pacific, MO
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Bill & James Smith Sr. built the Red Cedar Inn in 1934 using logs cut from the family farm in Villa Ridge. Three generations of the Smith family ran the restaurant over the years. In 1935 a bar and a Mobil gas station was added. The bar was housed in the narrow section of the building, the wider section is the original restaurant. The building has been renovated and it opened as the Red Cedar Inn Museum & Visitor Center and gift shop in late August 2023.

It is located East of town.
GPS: 38.481552, -90.717702

This 2012 photo shows the Red Cedar Inn before it was renovated. The business was closed in 1972 and reopened in 1987 but closed again in 2005. In 2003 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2011 it was a used car lot and was put up for sale in 2012. The City of Pacific agreed to buy the property to be used as a visitor center and museum.

A new billboard sized sign was added to the site during the renovation.

The renovated neon sign has also been updated as seen in this 2023 photo.

The sign on the building still had most of its neon tubing when this photo was taken in 2012.

Photo(s): 2012, 2023