Enoch Madison Fenton House

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Enoch Madison Fenton House
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Location Southeast of Rushville, Missouri
Coordinates 39°35′41″N94°58′30″W / 39.59472°N 94.97500°W / 39.59472; -94.97500 Coordinates: 39°35′41″N94°58′30″W / 39.59472°N 94.97500°W / 39.59472; -94.97500
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built c. 1850 (1850)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 82003126 [1]
Added to NRHP April 12, 1982

Enoch Madison Fenton House, also known as the Edward Jackson Fenton House and The Fenton Homeplace, was a historic home located near Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri. It was built about 1850, and was a two-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It had a one-story addition, ell shaped addition, and sat on a limestone foundation. Also on the property were a root cellar and board-and-batten smokehouse. [2] :2 It has been demolished.

Rushville, Missouri Village in Missouri, United States

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Buchanan County, Missouri County in the United States

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The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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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. Thomas W. Carneal (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Enoch Madison Fenton House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.