Benjamin Horr House, also known as the Standard Printing Company, is a historic home located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style brick structure. It has a front gable roof with cornice. It is the earliest surviving building to have been used for education in Hannibal, having once housed a private school run by the family of one of Mark Twain's former schoolteachers.[2]: 40–41
Benjamin Horr House | |
 Benjamin Horr House, September 2014 | |
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| Location | 308 Center St., Hannibal, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°42′36″N 91°21′27″W / 39.71000°N 91.35750°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | c. 1855 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival |
| MPS | Hannibal Central Business District MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003587[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 1986 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Esley Hamilton (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hannibal Central Business District MRA" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2021-12-28.