Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District

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Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District
Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District is located in Missouri
Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District
LocationRoute V north of its junction with Route A, at Rock Enon Creek, near Russellville, Missouri
Coordinates38°27′53″N 92°31′07″W / 38.46472°N 92.51861°W / 38.46472; -92.51861Coordinates: 38°27′53″N 92°31′07″W / 38.46472°N 92.51861°W / 38.46472; -92.51861
Area10.7 acres (4.3 ha)
Built1870 (1870)
Architectural styleGeorgian Plan I-House
NRHP reference No.91001916[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 1992

Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District, also known as Rock Enon Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Russellville, Moniteau County, Missouri. The district encompasses six contributing buildings and one contributing structure associated with a late-19th century farmstead. They are the house (1872-1876), a smokehouse / multipurpose building (c.1870-76), a privy (c. 1870-1876), a spring house (1873), a granary (c. 1870-1876), a substantial barn (1870), and a stone retaining wall with a swinging iron gate and carriage steps. The house is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, central hall I-house constructed of limestone blocks. It has a gable roof and a three-bay front porch.[2]: 5–6 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Debbie Sheals (October 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 9 photographs from 1991)



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