Gustave Greystone-Meissner House

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Gustave Greystone-Meissner House
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Gustave Greystone-Meissner House in 1940
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Nearest cityNortheast of Pevely off U.S. Route 61, Pevely, Missouri
Coordinates 38°18′13″N90°22′48″W / 38.30361°N 90.38000°W / 38.30361; -90.38000
Area189 acres (76 ha)
Builtc. 1845 (1845), 1875
Built byWilliams, Ephraim
ArchitectHertnel, J.H.
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 74001078 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1974

Gustave Greystone-Meissner House, also known as Greystone and Evergreen Hill, is a historic home and national historic district located near Pevely, Jefferson County, Missouri. Greystone was built about 1845, and is a two-story, asymmetrical plan, Gothic Revival style frame dwelling. It sits on a limestone block foundation and measures 48 feet, 1 1/2 inches, wide and 39 feet, 1 inch deep. It has a steeply pitched gable roof with dormers and features Carpenter Gothic wood cut-work, finials and drops. Also on the property is the contributing Gustave Meissner House. It was built in 1875, and is 1+12-story, L-shaped, frame dwelling with a steeply pitched cross-gable roof. [2] :5–7

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. M. Patricia Holmes (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gustave Greystone-Meissner House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 19 photographs from 1974)