Weston Historic District

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Weston Historic District
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Location Roughly bounded by Summit, Rock, Market and Ashley, Weston, Missouri
Coordinates 39°24′47″N94°54′06″W / 39.41306°N 94.90167°W / 39.41306; -94.90167 Coordinates: 39°24′47″N94°54′06″W / 39.41306°N 94.90167°W / 39.41306; -94.90167
Area 131.2 acres (53.1 ha)
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference # 72000727 [1]
Added to NRHP August 21, 1972

Weston Historic District is a national historic district located at Weston, Platte County, Missouri. The district encompasses 16 full blocks and portions of 8 additional city blocks in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Weston. It developed between about 1840 and 1920, and includes representative examples of Federal and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable buildings include the John Maitland Home (c. 1860), Humphrey House, Railey Brothers Banking Building, Hull Mill, Methodist Church (1868), old Presbyterian Church (1846), German Evangelical Lutheran Church (1867), Weston Baptist Church or Weston Historical Museum and Library Building(1902), and McGhay House. [2]

Weston, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Weston is a city in Platte County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,641 at the 2010 census.

Platte County, Missouri County in the United States

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [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. Stephen J. Raiche (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weston Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 28 photographs) and Site map