Cabins Historic District is a national historic district located near Novinger, Adair County, Missouri. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, three contributing sites, four contributing structures, and one contributing object in a relatively isolated area near Novinger. It developed between about 1829 and 1865 and was one of the earliest settlements in the interior of northeast Missouri. It includes five antebellum structures surrounded by forests and farm land. They are the John B. Cain House, the Asa King Collett House, the Ira R. Collett House and its poultry house and summer kitchen. Other notable contributing resources include the Conner Tannery site, the Collett Spring, the site of Fort Clark, the site of Camp Collett, the Collett Cemetery, and Native American burial mounds.[2]
Cabins Historic District | |
 The Cabins Historic District, June 2014 | |
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| Nearest city | S of Novinger off MO 6, near Novinger, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 40°12′31″N 92°41′10″W / 40.20861°N 92.68611°W |
| Area | 61 acres (25 ha) |
| Built | 1829 |
| Built by | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001344[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ David D. March (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cabins Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.