John Augustus Hockaday House

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John Augustus Hockaday House
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Location105 Hockaday Ave., Fulton, Missouri
Coordinates 38°50′31″N91°56′54″W / 38.84194°N 91.94833°W / 38.84194; -91.94833 Coordinates: 38°50′31″N91°56′54″W / 38.84194°N 91.94833°W / 38.84194; -91.94833
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1863 (1863)-1868
Built byHockaday, John A.
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference # 80002321 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1980

John Augustus Hockaday House, also known as the Hockaday House, is a historic home located at Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri. It was built between 1863 and 1868, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival / Italianate style brick I-house. It has a low hipped roof with denticulated cornice and features a two-story high portico with square piers and projecting bay. [2] :2

Fulton, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Fulton is the largest city in and the county seat of Callaway County, Missouri, United States. Approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Jefferson City and the Missouri River and 20 miles (32 km) east of Columbia, the city is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,790 in the 2010 census. The city is home to two universities, Westminster College and William Woods University, the Missouri School for the Deaf, the Fulton State Hospital, and Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center.

Callaway County, Missouri County in the United States

Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 United States Census, the county's population was 44,332. Its county seat is Fulton. With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized November 25, 1820, and named for Captain James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone. Callaway County has been historically referred to as "The Kingdom of Callaway" after a 19th-century incident in which some residents confronted Union troops, during the U.S. Civil War.

Greek Revival architecture architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

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.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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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. Phyllis Strawn; Priscilla Evans; Alice Fugate (June 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Augustus Hockaday House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-10-01.