Louisiana is a city in Pike County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,364 at the 2010 census. Louisiana is located in northeast Missouri, on the Mississippi River, south of Hannibal.
The Missouri State Capitol is the home of the Missouri General Assembly and the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Missouri. Located in Jefferson City at 201 West Capitol Avenue, it is the third capitol to be built in the city. The domed building, designed by the New York City architectural firm of Tracy and Swartwout, was completed in 1917.
David R. Francis Quadrangle is the historical center of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Known as The Quad, it is the oldest part of Red Campus and adjacent to Downtown Columbia at the south end of the Avenue of the Columns. At its center are six Ionic columns, all that remains of the original university building Academic Hall. Twelve buildings front the modern quadrangle including the domed main administration building Jesse Hall, the tallest building in Columbia. The Quad was designed and constructed by architect Morris Frederick Bell and his assistant William Lincoln Garver. It is named after Missouri governor David R. Francis. Eighteen structures, including the entire quad and most of Red Campus are listed as the Francis Quadrangle National Historic District. An obelisk, the original tombstone of Thomas Jefferson, stands in front of the Chancellor's Residence. It was gifted to the University by Jefferson's descendants in recognition of Missouri's ties to Virginia. In front of Jesse Hall stand markers honoring university president Richard Henry Jesse and Missouri governor David R. Francis. Nearby is another obelisk in memory of Missouri's first U.S. senator David Barton, The Missouri School of Journalism is located at the northeast corner of The Quad, comprising Walter Williams Hall, Neff Hall, Gannet Hall, along with the Reynolds Journalism Institute. To the west, Switzler Hall is the oldest academic building on campus, though the Residence on the Quad, home of the chancellor, is the oldest building overall. The University of Missouri College of Engineering completes the west side. Pickard Hall is currently closed due to radiation contamination from turn of the century experiments. Swallow Hall was recently renovated and houses the Departments of Anthropology, Visual Studies and Ancient Mediterranean Studies.
The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum or Alexis Cloutier House, was a house in Cloutierville, Louisiana. It was the home of Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, after her marriage.
The David Gordon House and Collins Log Cabin were two historic homes located at Columbia, Missouri. The David Gordon House is a two-story, frame I-house. The 13-room structure incorporated original construction from about 1823 and several additions from the 1830s, 1890s and 1930s. The Collins Log Cabin was built in 1818, and is a single pen log house of the story and a loft design. They represent some of the first permanent dwellings in Columbia. The house, located in what is now Stephens Lake Park burned after arson in the early 1990s. The log cabin survived has been relocated from Stephens Lake Park to the campus of the Boone County Historical Society.
Chatchie Plantation House, also known as Homewood, is a historic Louisiana plantation house located along LA 308, about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of Thibodaux.
William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison House, also known as the Dr. Samuel Harris House, is a historic home located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It was built in 1897, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, free classic Queen Anne style brick dwelling. It has a steeply pitched side-gable roof with projecting dormers. It features a wraparound porch with circular verandah added between 1900 and 1908.
Courthouse–Seminary Neighborhood Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The district encompasses 121 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in a predominantly residential section of Cape Girardeau. It developed between about 1848 and 1948, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, Late Gothic Revival, American Craftsman, and Art Deco style architecture. The district contains 1 1/2 and 2 1/2-story brick single-family homes, with multi-family homes and a few commercial buildings dispersed throughout. Located in the district is the separately listed Robert Felix and Elma Taylor Wichterich House, William Henry and Lilla Luce Harrison House, Huhn-Harrison House, B'Nai Israel Synagogue, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, August and Amalia Shivelbine House, Glenn House, House at 323 Themis Street, and George Boardman Clark House.
Snelson-Brinker House was a historic home located near Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri. It was built by Levi Lane Snelson in 1834, as a one-story, double-pen log dwelling, and sold to John B. Brinker in 1837. Later that year, the property was the site of the murder of Brinker's two-year-old daughter Vienna, for which Mary the slave became the youngest person to be executed in Missouri history. The house was extensively rebuilt in the late 1980s. Also on the property are the log and frame smokehouse/root cellar, a cast iron pump, an open field and beyond the field is a cemetery with graves dating back to the 1830s. The property was eventually operated by the St. James Historical Preservation Society as a historic house museum.
Given Owens House, also known as the Donald Hughes Home, is a historic home located near Campbell, Missouri. It was built in 1860 in the Louisiana Tidewater architectural style. It is a one-story frame dwelling constructed of native Cyprus and poplar lumber. It features a full-width verandah. Also on the property is a contributing barn.
Vallet-Danuser House is a historic home located near Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri. The rear ell was built about 1855 and main section about 1865. It is a two-story, ell-shaped, red brick I-house. It features a subterranean vaulted wine cellar. Also on the property are the contributing tenant house, smokehouse and barn.
Gen. David Thomson House, also known as Elm Spring, is a historic home located near Hughesville, Pettis County, Missouri. It was built in 1840, and is a two-story, five bay, Federal style brick I-house. It has a central passage plan and one-story rear ell. Its builder, Gen. David Thomson, previously built Longview near Georgetown, Kentucky about 1819.
Charles Bacon House is a historic home located at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. It was built about 1850, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, vernacular Greek Revival style brick dwelling. It sits on a stone foundation and features a two-story wood front porch.
Goodman–Stark House, also known as the Stark–Unsell House, is a historic home located at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. It was built about 1894, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Queen Anne style brick dwelling. It has a steeply pitched hipped and gabled roof with intersecting ridges and a front-facing gable, prominent masonry chimneys and an asymmetrical facade with bay windows and balustraded porches.
Capt. George and Attella Barnard House, also known as the Atella Jane Keith House and Julius C. Jackson House, is a historic home located in Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. It was built about 1869, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped, brick dwelling with a flat topped hipped roof and limestone foundation. It exhibits Early Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate style design elements. Its front facade is dominated by a two-story, classically detailed portico.
Gov. Lloyd Crow Stark House and Carriage House, also known as the Stark Mansion, is a historic home located at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. It was built in 1891, and is a two-story, Stick / Eastlake movement style brick mansion. It features three two-story bays on the primary facade, and centered, one-story bays on the side elevations, with gable roofs, fishscale shingles, and a decorative front porch. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house. This was the home of Missouri Governor Lloyd Crow Stark from 1915 to 1940.
North Third Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. The district encompasses 61 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Louisiana. It developed between about 1843 and 1935 and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Louisiana Public Library and Luce-Dyer House. Other notable buildings include the William C. Hardin House, James H. Johnson House, Edward G. McQuie House, St. Joseph's Catholic Church (1874), and Frank Boehm, Jr. House.
Samuel Stewart Watson House, also known as Ermeling House, is a historic home located at St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. It was built in 1859, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick dwelling with a hipped roof. It features a broad denticulated cornice with heavy brackets, segmentally arched windows, and a classically inspired portico.
John Ross House, also known as Old Matt's Cabin, is a historic home located at the Shepherd of the Hills farm near Branson, Taney County, Missouri. The original section was built in the mid-1880s or mid-1890s, as a single cell log structure. It was subsequently enlarged with frame additions through 1910. It features a stone exterior end chimney.
The Bates-Geers House, also known as Geers House, is a historic home located near Plato, Texas County, Missouri. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling with a rear ell. It sits on a sandstone foundation and features massive sandstone end chimneys.
