Kingdom Coffee’s New Third Location in Boyd Elementary School Library Building

Throughout the past decade, Kingdom Coffee has become a name synonymous with local Springfield coffee, thanks to the success of its downtown and Lone Pine locations. Now, the business is expanding its reach even further by adding a third spot to its roster, located in the former Boyd Elementary School library in Springfield’s Midtown National Register District. This Northside neighborhood is the city’s largest remaining concentration of historic residential architecture, according to the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation. The new location will span 2,100 square feet and will include ground floor, loft and outdoor seating, plus a robust, expanded food and beverage menu.

Co-owners Chris McGuire, Isaac Neale, Jason Strother and Nathan Boaldin are looking forward to re-establishing roots in North Springfield. Neale and McGuire are Northside residents themselves, and Kingdom Coffee originally opened as The Hub Coffee & Bicycles in 2009 on the edge of the Midtown neighborhood before relocating downtown. “With our new opportunity to be in the Midtown Neighborhood, we want to provide something that belongs to that neighborhood,” Strother says. “This is a rare opportunity to be not just close to the neighborhood but actually in the neighborhood.” Upon entering, guests who’ve attended a Springfield Public Schools elementary may feel a sense of nostalgia, because many of the school libraries feature the same blueprint. “We want it to be a truly beautiful and remarkable space that plays off the prior library,” McGuire says. The new location has a target opening date of late 2024. Arkifex Studios and Boyd School Redevelopment Corporation are currently repurposing the building into 17 market-rate apartment units available for pre-leasing April 12.