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

Macon County Missouri has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dent, Lester and Norma, House, Blees Military Academy and Gilbreath-McLorn House, Doneghy, John T. and Mary M., House and La Plata Square Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Macon County historic places including Lester Dent, Colonel Frederick Wilhelm Blees, Olive Gilbreath McLorn and Thomas E. Wardell.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Macon County places including Lester Dent, R.G. Kirsch, John H. Konefas, Levi Aldrich and Thomas A. Still. Prominent architectural styles found in Macon Country are Queen Anne, Romanesque and Early Commercial.

Blees Military Academy (added 1979 - - #79001380)

Also known as Still-Hildreth Osteopathic Sanatorium

U.S. 63 , Macon

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kirsch,R.G.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Historic Person:

Blees,Colonel Frederick Wilhelm

Significant Year:

1899, 1898

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Dent, Lester and Norma, House (added 1990 - - #90000763)

Also known as House of Gadgets

225 N. Church St. , La Plata

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Dent,Lester

Significant Year:

1942, 1941

Area of Significance:

Literature

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Doneghy, John T. and Mary M., House (added 1990 - - #90000488)

Also known as Doneghy--Surbeck--Green House

301 N. Owensby St. , La Plata

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

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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Gilbreath-McLorn House (added 1978 - - #78001667)

Also known as McLorn House;Gilbreath Homestead

225 N. Owenby , La Plata

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake

Historic Person:

McLorn,Olive Gilbreath

Significant Year:

1896

Area of Significance:

Literature, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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La Plata Square Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000696)

Along portions of Gex, Sanders, and Moore St. , La Plata

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private, Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Government, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Fire Station, Post Office, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

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

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Fire Station, Post Office, Professional, Specialty Store

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Macon County Courthouse and Annex (added 1978 - - #78001668)

Courthouse Sq. , Macon

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Konefas,John H., Aldrich,Levi

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Morrow, Johnson, House (added 1994 - - #94000703)

Second St. W of jct. with Pine St. , Callao

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Wardell House (added 1986 - - #86000333)

1 Wardell Rd. , Macon

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Still,Thomas A.

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Wardell,Thomas E.

Significant Year:

1899, 1901, 1890

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

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