Wilbur T. and Rhoda Stephens Johnson House

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Wilbur T. and Rhoda Stephens Johnson House
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Wilbur T. and Rhoda Stephens Johnson House, July 2013
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Location821 Main, Boonville, Missouri
Coordinates 38°58′12″N92°43′50″W / 38.97000°N 92.73056°W / 38.97000; -92.73056 Coordinates: 38°58′12″N92°43′50″W / 38.97000°N 92.73056°W / 38.97000; -92.73056
Arealess than one acre
Built1895 (1895)
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Romanesque
MPS Boonville Missouri MRA
NRHP reference No. 82005322 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1990

Wilbur T. and Rhoda Stephens Johnson House, also known as the Missouri State DAR Headquarters and Roslyn Heights, is a historic home located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1895, and is a three-story, Queen Anne style red brick and limestone dwelling with elements of the Richardsonian Romanesque. It has a full basement, a porte cochere, and a full-length front entrance porch. It features projecting porches, turrets and bays, a circular tower, and terra cotta panels. It was purchased by the Missouri State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for their state headquarters in 1983. [2] :2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [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. Maryellen H. McVicker (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wilbur T. and Rhoda Stephens Johnson House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01. (includes 11 photos from 1989)