Albert Bishop Chance House and Gardens

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Albert Bishop Chance House and Gardens
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Location319 E. Sneed St.,
Centralia, Missouri
Coordinates 39°12′36″N92°8′4″W / 39.21000°N 92.13444°W / 39.21000; -92.13444 Coordinates: 39°12′36″N92°8′4″W / 39.21000°N 92.13444°W / 39.21000; -92.13444
Arealess than one acre
Built1904 (1904)
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference # 79001345 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 3, 1979

The Chance House and Gardens is a historic home and garden located at Centralia, Missouri. The house was built in 1904, and is a two-story, Queen Anne style frame dwelling on a raised brick basement. It features a broad verandah and porte cochere. The formal gardens were added in 1937. The house was purchased by Albert Bishop Chance in 1923. [2] The house is now operated as the Centralia Historical Society Museum. The adjacent Garden is open to the public.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

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The Chatol also known as The Chance Guest House is a historic home located at Centralia, Missouri. It was built in 1940, and is a large, two-story residence, "U"-shaped in plan, with a basement. It is reflective of the Streamline Moderne and International Style architecture. The house measures approximately 136 feet by 92 feet. It was constructed in a swampy location and has steel footings on a concrete foundation, with a spring system employed in the walls. It features strips of louvered windows in the sun room and the wood and metal framed casement windows that traverse the walls and most of the squared and curved corners of the house.

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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. Annabel Howard; Ruth Miller; Maryellen H. McVicker (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Albert Bishop Chance House and Gardens" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.