The Common Pleas Courthouse for Cape Girardeau County is located at 44 North Lorimier, or the steps up to them can be reached from North Spanish Street in downtown Cape Girardeau. In 2022 in ceased to be a courthouse and is now the Cape Girardeau City Hall.
For the filming of the movie Gone Girl (I was an extra weeks earlier) on October 11, 2013, the production put fake snow on the grounds of the Common Pleas Courthouse, although no snow had fallen anywhere else in Cape Girardeau. We were not allowed to get too close, so I took photos from down the block. Right before filming began, they put up barriers so we could not see and the crowd dispersed. In the slideshow above, you can see them putting the final details of snow about the scene, from spraying the streets, the ledges on the outside of The Bar, and the cars. As it got darker into the evening, I played with longer exposure to make the lights twinkle. Some of the images are not as good, but I think they have value of their own. I put some of the photos from the above slideshow at the bottom of this page.
January 11, 2019- Winter night photos of snow
January 28, 2009 - some Winter snow photos
November 2, 2008 - some Autumn photos with the sunlight hitting the trees.
October 11, 2013 - Fake snow for the move Gone Girl