Murphysburg Historic District

Murphysburg Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The Olivia Apartments
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Location	Roughly bounded by S. Sergeant, S. Pearl & S. Byers Aves., W. 1st, W. 4th & W. 7th Sts., Joplin, Missouri
Coordinates	37°05′08″N94°31′05″W / 37.08556°N 94.51806°W / 37.08556; -94.51806
Area	52.9 acres (21.4 ha)
Built	c. 1880 (1880)
Built by	Dieter and Wetzel
Architect	Garstang and Rea; Michaelis, August C.; Austin, Allen
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Classical Revival, Mission Revival, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
MPS	Historic Resources of Joplin, Missouri
NRHP reference No.	15000228 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 18, 2015

Murphysburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 185 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Joplin. It developed between about 1880 and 1965 and includes representative examples of Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Classical Revival, Mission Revival, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the previously listed Olivia Apartments and Ridgway Apartments. Other notable buildings include the J.H. Brand House (1899), John Wise House (1898), A.B. McConnell House (c. 1899), H.H. McNeal House (1908), H. Edward Dangerfield House (1895), First Methodist Church (1905), and Second Church of Christ, Scientist (c. 1907). ^[2]

The Ridgway Apartments

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/18/15 through 5/22/15. National Park Service. May 29, 2015.
2. Rachel Nugent and Lauren Rieke (December 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Murphysburg Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 26 photographs from 2014)