Greenwood (Fayette, Missouri)

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Location MO 5, near Fayette, Missouri
Coordinates 39°3′49″N92°45′4″W / 39.06361°N 92.75111°W / 39.06361; -92.75111 Coordinates: 39°3′49″N92°45′4″W / 39.06361°N 92.75111°W / 39.06361; -92.75111
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1864 (1864)
Built by Megraw, Joseph
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 83000994 [1]
Added to NRHP March 29, 1983

Greenwood, also known as the Estill-Parrish House, is a historic home located near Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. It was built in 1864, and is a two-story, double pile, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a two-story rear wing with an arcaded wooden gallery porch. It features fine interior woodwork. Also on the property are the contributing frame meat house, a single-cell slave house, a double-cell slave house, an ice house, and the White Hall School, a one-room frame school house built in 1860. [2] :2

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. James M. Denny (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greenwood" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 22 photographs from 1980)