Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri)

Thomas Nelson House
Location 700 Tenth St., Boonville, Missouri
Coordinates 38°58′26″N 92°44′5″W / 38.97389°N 92.73472°W / 38.97389; -92.73472Coordinates: 38°58′26″N 92°44′5″W / 38.97389°N 92.73472°W / 38.97389; -92.73472
Built 1843
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Boonville Missouri MRA
NRHP Reference # 82005302[1]
Added to NRHP March 16, 1990

Thomas Nelson House, also known as Forest Hill, is a historic home located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1843, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a rear ell. Symmetrical, flanking one-story wings were added about 1946. It has a side gable roof and features a two-story gabled, pedimented front portico, constructed about 1853. The house is in the George Caleb Bingham painting "Forest Hill the Nelson Homestead."[2]:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Preservation Planning Section (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas Nelson House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.] (includes 9 photos from 1989)


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