Historic Districts
Missouri - 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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Gardner and Tinsley Filling Station (added 2002 - - #02000408)
Old US 36, near jct. with MO 149 , New Cambria
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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
More Information:
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
More Information:
Wardell House (added 1986 - - #86000333)
1 Wardell Rd. , Macon
Smerdis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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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