David John House

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David John House
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Location 103 S. 23rd St., Lexington, Missouri
Coordinates 39°11′6″N93°51′23″W / 39.18500°N 93.85639°W / 39.18500; -93.85639 Coordinates: 39°11′6″N93°51′23″W / 39.18500°N 93.85639°W / 39.18500; -93.85639
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1848 (1848)
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Lexington MRA
NRHP reference # 93000553 [1]
Added to NRHP July 8, 1993

David John House was a historic home located at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. It was built about 1848, and is a one-story, double-pen plan red brick dwelling with Greek Revival style detailing. It had historic frame additions and featured two frame porches with distinctive cut-out posts and scrollwork railings added in the 1870s-1880s. Also on the property was the contributing privy. [2] :5 It is no longer in existence.

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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. Roger Maserang (March 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: David John House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 9 photographs from 1991)