Merritt Violette House, also known as Merritt "Dad" Violette House, is a historic home located at Florida, Monroe County, Missouri. It was built in 1902–1903, and is a one-story, eclectic vernacular Queen Anne style frame dwelling with attic. It is sheathed in clapboard and fishscale shingles and has a complex hipped and gable roof. The house has a cross-in-square plan. It was the home of Merritt Violette, who saved Mark Twain's birthplace for the nation and instigated the Mark Twain State Park, and who built two camps for the Camp Fire Girls.[2]: 2–3
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| Location | Off MO 107, Florida, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°29′37″N 91°47′6″W / 39.49361°N 91.78500°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | Violette, Mrs M.A.; Multiple |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001031[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Karen Platz Hunt, Esley Hamilton, and James M. Denny (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Merritt Violette House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
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