Ray County Poor Farm
Ray County Poor Farm | |
![]() Ray County Poor Farm, December 2011 | |
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Location | W. Royale St., Richmond, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 39°16′22″N 93°59′20″W / 39.27278°N 93.98889°WCoordinates: 39°16′22″N 93°59′20″W / 39.27278°N 93.98889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1909 | -1910
Built by | Alnutt, Woodson |
Architect | Garver, William |
NRHP reference No. | 79001394[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 10, 1979 |
Ray County Poor Farm, also known as Ray County Historical Society and Museum, is a historic poor farm located at Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. It was built in 1909–1910, and is a two-story, "Y"-shaped brick building encompassing contains approximately 14,400 square feet of space. It was originally used to house and care for the poor and indigent.[2]: 2–3 It currently houses a local history museum.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Sherry Piland and James M. Denny (March 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ray County Poor Farm" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 5 photographs from 1978)
Categories:
- History museums in Missouri
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Government buildings completed in 1910
- Buildings and structures in Ray County, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Ray County, Missouri
- Northwest Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs