David Gordon House and Collins Log Cabin

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David Gordon House and Collins Log Cabin
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Collins Log Cabin
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Location2100 E. Broadway, Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°54′24″N92°17′41″W / 38.90667°N 92.29472°W / 38.90667; -92.29472
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1818 (1818), c. 1823
NRHP reference No. 83000972 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1983

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. [2] :2–4[ dead link ] 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. [3]

They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. Alan Havig (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: David Gordon House and Collins Log Cabin" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  3. ""Pop" Collins Cabin - Columbia, Missouri - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2024-05-09.