National Register of Historic Places - Missouri (MO), Johnson County

Johnson County Missouri has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Camp Shawnee Historic District, Johnson County Courthouse, Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area Bridge, Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area Dam and Spillway and Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area Entrance Portal.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Johnson County places including WPA, NPS, William S. Matthews, J.W. Layton, John Albert Adams, Bernard (Ben) Pickel, John Newcomer, Lewis L. Saunders, John W. King and William Lowe. Prominent architectural styles found in Johnson Country are Late Victorian, Queen Anne and Collegiate Gothic.

Adams, John A., Farmstead Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000701)

Also known as Cedarcroft Farm

431 SE Y Hwy. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Hotel, Irrigation Facility

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Camp Shawnee Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000506)

SW of Knob Noster , Knob Noster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

WPA

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Park

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Park

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Chilhowee Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000650)

Roughly Walnut and Main Sts. , Chilhowee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Inman,Ed

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Specialty Store

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Cress, Herbert A. and Bettie E., House (added 1995 - - #95001174)

222 W. Gay St. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Garden of Eden Station (added 1994 - - #94000313)

Also known as Pickel's Station;McBride's Station

Jct. of MO 13 and Co. Rd. 215NW , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pickel, Bernard (Ben)

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Griebel, Lewis and Sophie, House (added 2012 - - #12000895)

300 W. Gay St., Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

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Grover Street Victorian Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000417)

209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 216, & 218 Grover St., Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

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Holden and Pine Streets Commercial Historic District (added 2017 - - #100000825)

Roughly bounded by Maynard, North College, East Gay, West Market, Marshall and Railroad and North Washington, Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1870-1967 AD

Howard School (added 2002 - - #02000046)

400 W. Culton St. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Johnson County Courthouse (added 1970 - - #70000338)

Also known as Old Johnson County Courthouse

Old Public Sq. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Johnson County Courthouse (added 1994 - - #94000288)

Courthouse Sq. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Anderson, J. M., McDonald, George E.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Jones Brothers Mule Barn (added 2011 - - #11000045)

101 N College Ave, Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

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Magnolia Mills (added 1996 - - #96001064)

Also known as Innes Elevator Mills

200 W. Pine St. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store

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Masonic Temple (added 1998 - - #98001544)

Also known as Caorithian Lodge No. 265

101-1-3 W. Market St., and 301-303 N. Holden St. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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Miller, Joseph M., Mausoleum (added 2018 - - #100002036)

.8 miles north of junction of Missouri (MO) 131 and 2nd Street, Holden

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Gothic Revival, Collegiate Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1917-1937 AD

Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area Bridge (added 1985 - - #85000507)

Also known as Knob Noster State Park Bridge on Entrance Rd.

MO 132 , Knob Noster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

NPS, WPA

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Road-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Road-Related

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Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area Dam and Spillway (added 1985 - - #85000508)

Also known as Dam & Spillway on Lake Buteo in Knob Noster State Park

SW of Knob Noster , Knob Noster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

NPS, WPA

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Water Works

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Water Works

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Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area Entrance Portal (added 1985 - - #85000509)

Also known as Knob Noster State Park Old Entrance Portal

Off MO 132 , Knob Noster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

NPS, WPA

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

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Montserrat Recreational Demonstration Area Rock Bath House (added 1985 - - #85000510)

Also known as Knob Noster

SW of Knob Noster , Knob Noster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

NPS, WPA

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

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Montserrat Recreational Demonstration Area Warehouse #2 and Workshop (added 1985 - - #85000511)

Also known as Knob Noster Toolhouse & Repair Shop

Off MO 132 , Knob Noster

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

NPS, WPA

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

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Pleasant View School (added 1999 - - #99000935)

674 SW 131 Highway , Medford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Layton, J.W.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic

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Warren Steet Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1996 - - #96001483)

Also known as Warren Street United Methodist Church

201 S. Warren St. , Warrensburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

King, John W.

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Black

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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