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

Adair County Missouri (Historic Districts) has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance. Significant places include Cabins Historic District, Kirksville Courthouse Square Historic District, Smith, Orie J., Black and White Stock Farm Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Woodland and Et Al. dating back to 1000.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Adair County places including Robert G. Kirsch and Irwin Dunbar. Prominent architectural styles found in Adair Country are Italianate and Romanesque.

Cabins Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001344)

S of Novinger off MO 6 , Novinger

Sector001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Military, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Woodland, Et Al.

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Fortification, Graves/Burials, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Kirksville Courthouse Square Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000330)

200 block N. Franklin St., 100 block E. Harrison St., 100 block W. Harrison St. , Kirksville

Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dunbar, Irwin, Kirsch, Robert G.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Government, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Post Office, Professional, Street Furniture/Object

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Professional, Street Furniture/Object

Smith, Orie J., Black and White Stock Farm Historic District (added 2001 - - #00001658)

.5 mi. SE of Jct. of MO P and Co. Rd. 129B , Kirksville

Andrew.Belair, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Music Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage