Ligon Apartments

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Ligon Apartments
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Location 211 E Excelsior St, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Coordinates 39°20′41″N94°13′18″W / 39.34472°N 94.22167°W / 39.34472; -94.22167 Coordinates: 39°20′41″N94°13′18″W / 39.34472°N 94.22167°W / 39.34472; -94.22167
Area less than one acre
Built 1917 (1917)
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference # 10000265 [1]
Added to NRHP May 17, 2010

Ligon Apartments, also known as Udell Apartments, is a historic apartment building located at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri. It was built in 1917, and is a 2 1/2-story, red brick colonnade apartment building. It features a two-story porch with a low pitched hipped roof supported by four square brick columns. The Ligon Apartments provided residential space for those visiting Excelsior Springs for an extended period of time in order to "take the waters" at the town's multiple mineral springs. [2] :5–8

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Excelsior Springs, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Excelsior Springs is a city in Clay and Ray counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 11,084 at the 2010 census. It is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of central Kansas City, Missouri.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [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. Rhonda Chalfant (November 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ligon Apartments" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.