Abraham Byrd House

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Abraham Byrd House
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Location 2832 County Road 442
Jackson, Missouri
Coordinates 37°27′5″N89°41′58″W / 37.45139°N 89.69944°W / 37.45139; -89.69944 Coordinates: 37°27′5″N89°41′58″W / 37.45139°N 89.69944°W / 37.45139; -89.69944
Area less than one acre
Built 1827 (1827)
Architectural style I-House
NRHP reference # 07000572 [1]
Added to NRHP June 21, 2007

Abraham Byrd House is a historic home located at Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was built in 1827, and is a two-story, vernacular I-house constructed with rough-cut limestone blocks. It has a one-story addition and a two-story service wing. It sits on a rough-cut limestone foundation. Located at the rear of the house is the foundation remains of the kitchen. [2] :5

Jackson, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Jackson is a city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 13,758 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cape Girardeau County. It is a principal city of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri County in the United States

Cape Girardeau County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri; its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 75,674. The county seat is Jackson, the first city in the US to be named in honor of President Andrew Jackson. Officially organized on October 1, 1812, the county is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Giradot, an official of the French colonial years. The "cape" in the county's name is named after a former promontory rock overlooking the Mississippi River; this feature was demolished during railroad construction.

I-house

The I-house is a vernacular house type, popular in the United States from the colonial period onward. The I-house was so named in the 1930s by Fred Kniffen, a cultural geographer at Louisiana State University who was a specialist in folk architecture. He identified and analyzed the type in his 1936 study of Louisiana house types. He chose the name "I-house" because of its common occurrence in the rural farm areas of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, all states beginning with the letter "I". He did not use the term to imply that this house type originated in, or was restricted to, those three states. It is also referred to as Plantation Plain style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Terri L. Foley (October 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Abraham Byrd House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-10-01.