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

Vernon County Missouri has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Brown Archeological Site, Carrington Osage Village Site, Halleys Bluff Site and Coal Pit Archeological Site and Infirmary Building, Missouri State Hospital Number 3.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Vernon County places including Carroll and Dean, George Fluke, Robert G. Kirsch, C.M. Libby and Beagles & Dye. Prominent architectural styles found in Vernon Country are Modern Movement and Romanesque.

Brown Archeological Site (added 1971 - - #71000480)

Also known as Archaeological Survey of Missouri Number 23-VE-3

Address Restricted , Fair Haven

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Native American, Commerce

Cultural Affiliation:

Big Osage

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Carrington Osage Village Site (added 1966 - - #66000425)

Address Restricted , Nevada

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Big Osage

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Coal Pit Archeological Site (added 1971 - - #71000479)

Also known as Missouri Archaeological Survey Number 23VE4

Address Restricted , Arthur

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Big Osage, Little Osage, Euro-Americans

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Halleys Bluff Site (added 1974 - - #74001091)

Also known as Missouri Archaeological Survey No. 23VE2

Address Restricted , Shell City

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Osage

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Infirmary Building, Missouri State Hospital Number 3 (added 2005 - - #05001330)

Also known as Nevada State Hospital

2095 N. Ash St. , Nevada

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Carroll and Dean

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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Vernon County Courthouse (added 1997 - - #97000630)

Bounded by Cherry, Cedar, Walnut, and Main Sts. , Nevada

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Beagles & Dye, Kirsch, Robert G.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State, Local

Historic Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Customhouse, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Customhouse, Monument/Marker

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Vernon County Jail, Sheriff's House and Office (added 1977 - - #77000816)

Also known as Bushwhacker Museum

229 N. Main St. , Nevada

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fluke,George, Libby,C.M.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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