Wilson's Creek National Battlefield at 6424 West Farm Road 182 near Republic, Missouri, preserves the site of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Fought on August 10, 1861, it was the first major American Civil War engagement west of the Mississippi River. The Confederate's failure to exploit their victory here resulted in keeping Missouri in the Union. Major features include a 5-mile automobile tour loop, the restored 1852 Ray House, and "Bloody Hill," the scene of the major battle. The site is located just southwest of the city of Springfield, in southwestern Missouri.
The Hunter's Home, formerly known as the George M. Murrell Home, is a historic house museum at 19479 E Murrel Rd in Park Hill, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma in the Cherokee Nation. Built in 1845, it is one of the few buildings to survive in Cherokee lands from the antebellum period between the Trail of Tears relocation of the Cherokee people and the American Civil War. It was a major social center of the elite among the Cherokee in the mid-nineteenth century. It has been owned by the state since 1948, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Missouri on the National Register of Historic Places. There are NRHP listings in all of Missouri's 114 counties and the one independent city of St. Louis.
The Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri has been in use as a cemetery since 1820. The cemetery historically contains Caucasian, African-American, and Jewish sections. Located in the cemetery are a vernacular stone receiving vault (1887), and a Romanesque Revival style mausoleum (1911).
The Guitar House, previously known as Confederate Hill, is a historic home located in Columbia, Missouri. It was built between 1859 and 1862, and is a two-story, Italianate style dwelling. It has a low pitched hipped roof, tall slender windows with segmented arches, decorative eave brackets, and a single story front porch with square supports. The house was constructed by David Guitar, an officer in the Union forces during the American Civil War. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Christ Church Cathedral is the Episcopal cathedral for the Diocese of Missouri. It is located at 1210 Locust Street in St. Louis, Missouri. The Dean of the Cathedral is The Very Reverend Kathie Adams-Shepherd. Adams-Shepherd is also the first female Dean of this Cathedral. Built 1859-67, it is one of the few well-preserved surviving works of Leopold Eidlitz, a leading mid 19th-century American architect, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994 for its architecture.
Research Cave, also known as the Arnold Research Cave and the Saltpetre Cave, and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 23CY64, is a major Native American archaeological site near Portland, Missouri. Investigation of the site has uncovered evidence of human habition as far back as 8,000 years. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964; it has been recommended for de-designation due to looting.
Van Meter State Park is a public recreation area on the Missouri River in Saline County, Missouri. The state park consists of 1,105 acres (447 ha) of hills, ravines, fresh water marsh, fens, and bottomland and upland forests in an area known as "the Pinnacles." The park has several archaeological sites, a cultural center, and facilities for camping, hiking, and fishing. It is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Old Rock House, also known as Shapley Ross House, is a historic home located at Moscow Mills, Lincoln County, Missouri. It was built between about 1818 and 1821, and is a two-story, five bay, Classical Revival style squared rubble limestone dwelling, with a two-story rear ell added about 1870. The house measures 56 feet, 6 inches, wide and 46 feet, 3 1/2 inches, deep.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Faribault County, Minnesota. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The Slaughter–Hill Ranch, in Roswell, New Mexico, also known as Cunningham Homestead, Estancia Pavo Real, or the Canning Farm, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Ross Common Manor is a national historic district located in Ross Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site on the historic estate of Ross Common Manor. The manor house was built about 1810, and is a 2 1⁄2-story, five-bay-wide stone dwelling with a gable roof. The 1809 stone kitchen building was attached to the main house about 1890. It was built by Congressman John Ross (1770–1834). Also on the property are a stone ice house (1810), a 3 1⁄2-story frame grist mill, a former barn (1880) converted to a theater in the 1930s, and the Ross family cemetery with burials dating from 1814 to the 1850s. During the mid-19th century, the manor house was used as an inn and tavern.
The John Palmer House is a historic house at 291 North Burnham Highway in Lisbon, Connecticut. Built in 1790, it is a well-preserved example of an 18th-century Cape style farmhouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Ross House, also known as John Clark House, Graceland Museum, and Audrain County Historical Museum, is a historic home located at Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri. It was built in 1857, and is a two-story, frame dwelling with Italianate style decorative features. The house is topped by a hipped roof with widow's walk. It features an imposing Classical Revival style two-story front portico. The house is operated by the Audrain County Historical Society and adjacent to the American Saddlebred Horse Museum.
Col. Hiram M. Hiller House is a historic home located at Kahoka, Clark County, Missouri. It was built in 1874, and is a two-story, vernacular Italianate style frame dwelling. It has a rear ell and wraparound porch with a truncated hipped roof.
The McMahon House is a historic building located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. This two-story stone structure was built by Ross McMahon, a master stonemason, in 1861. It is a good example of early vernacular architecture. There are no windows on the north and west elevations given that the house is built into the side of a hill. The original porch, and its replacement, have both been removed. McMahon did the stonework on several churches and road bridges in the area during the mid to late 19th century. He also had an interest in lead mining, and there are mine shafts on the neighboring property, which had been owned by his son. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Levi Morrill Post Office and Homestead, also known as Uncle Ike's Post Office, is a historic post office located at Notch, Stone County, Missouri. The property includes five contributing buildings dated between 1893 and 1926. They are the Notch, Missouri Post Office, the Levi Morrill homestead, a well house, smokehouse and privy. The post office is a one-story, rectangular, gable roofed frame building. It was the model for Uncle Ike's Post Office in Harold Bell Wright's novel The Shepherd of the Hills.
The Dr. Robert M. Ross House is a historic house in Artesia, New Mexico. It was built in 1904 for Dr Robert M. Ross, a physician from St. Louis, Missouri who became the founding president of the First National Bank of Artesia in 1903. His wife, who worked in the post office, co-founded the public library in Artesia. The house was designed in the Queen Anne architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 2, 1984.
