Lansdown-Higgins House

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Lansdown-Higgins House
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Location5240 Tanner Bridge Rd., near Jefferson City, Missouri
Coordinates 38°30′23″N92°12′19″W / 38.50639°N 92.20528°W / 38.50639; -92.20528
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1830 (1830)-1854
Architectural styleGreek Revival, I-house
NRHP reference No. 99001311 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1999

Lansdown-Higgins House, also known as the Riggins House, Kerl House, and Sommerer House, is a historic home located near Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. The original section was built about 1830, and was a 1+12-story dogtrot house of hewn log construction. The house achieved its present form about 1854, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style frame I-house with a central passage plan. It features an imposing two-story pedimented portico supported by square Doric order columns and massive chimneys of gray limestone. [2] :5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [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. Rhonda Chalfant and Roger Maserang (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lansdown-Higgins House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.