Dryden-Louthan House - Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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then sold Jessee Gause's half interest to John W. Mallory. Born in Lewis ... Susan Mallory lived in the house eight more years before selling it to William H. and.
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United States Department of the Interior

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries—complete applicable sections _______________

1.

Name

historic

Dryden-Louthan House

and/or common

2.

Location

street & number

^02

city, town

Palmyra

state

Mtssouri

3.

East

Ross

Street

__ vicinity of

code

Ownership

__ district

__ public

_x_ buildlng(s)

JL_ private

__ structure

__ both

__ site

Public Acquisition

__ object

__ In process

X

X

—— unoccupied Accessible X

NA

127

yes: restricted

—— agriculture

__ museum

__ commercial

—— park

__ educational

x

private residence

__ entertainment

—— religious

__ government

__ scientific

—— yes: unrestricted

__ industrial

—— transportation

__ no

__ military

__ otherr

Owner of Property L.

street & number

A02

city, town

Palmyra

and Cindy A.

Davis

East Ross state

:__ vicinity of

Missouri

Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. street & number

Marion

city, town

Palmyra

title

occupied



Exp. 1O-3t-84

United States Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Sar.NPs

National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries—complete applicable sections_______________

1.

Name

historic

Dryden-Louthan House

and/or common

2.

Location

street & number

^02

city, town

Palmyra

state

Missouri

3.

East

Street

Ownership

__ district

__ public

. vicinity of

building(s)

x

X

private

Public Acquisition

__ object

__ in process

,X_ work in progress Accessible

code

127

NA

__ agriculture

—— museum

__ commercial

—— park

—— educational

x

private residence

__ entertainment

—— religious

__ government

__ scientific

__ yes: unrestricted

__ industrial

—— transportation

__ no

__ military

—— other:

X

__ being considered x

occupied

__ unoccupied

__ both

yes: restricted

Owner of Property James

L.

street & number

A02

city, town

Palmyra

and Cindy A.

Day is

East Ross state

._ vicinity of

Missouri

63*161

Location of Legal Description

courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

street & number

Marion

city, town

Palmyra

6.

Marion

Present Use

Status

__ site

5.

county

29

__ structure

4.

. not for publication

Classification

Category x

Ross

Recorder of Deeds

County

Courthouse

Missouri

63A61

Representation in Existing Surveys__________

tine

Missouri

date

198U

State Historical Survey

depository for survey records Missouri Department city, town Jefferson City

has this property been determined eligible?

federal

of Natural Resources,

X state

P.

0.

state

__ yes

__ county

Box

X

no

__ local

176

Missouri 65102

7.

Description

Condition

X

Check one

Check one

excellent

deteriorated

unaltered

good

ruins

altered

fair

unexposed

original site

X

moved

date

Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

The

Dryden-Louthan

has

suffered

to

permit

house main

is and

the

to

front

frieze

authentic

and

reconstructed.

The

Although

the

house

is

fashionable

residential

west

breaks

facade

pediment. floor. by

a

The

The has

sills

The

is

stone

plans

of

The It

the west

front. the

into a

to

The

end of

east

Inside

the

current

to

use as

been

The

lawns

wide

capped

arch

this

is

a

low

reconstruct

is

The ten

a bay of

feet

sidelights.

above and

the

filled

The window

all

floor-length

are

first-floor

Lintels

and

across

all

smaller porch on

the

porch

the

recessed

headers

thick.

be

the

center

deeply

and

one-story and a

brackets

to

from

also paired;

unusually it

is

than

by

while

had a

The

a white-painted

which was

but

stretchers are

low hipped

which

the west,

by

The

three-pane attic windows

the house

flanked

are

formerly

have

cupola,

rising more

radiating

muntins

to

ashlar

front

Both

are to

most

of

the

The rooms

in

of

front

the

second-floor

One

and an

house.

partially obscured

serve

ashlar water

Side

elevations

by wooden

staircases

apartments.

These are

first-floor window on

siding

corner.

All

has

been

the woodwork

library

surviving in

had

vertical

kitchen. pine

blocks

portion

the north

table repeat

and to

be

side has

also

door.

rear wing

are

a

refurbished

medallion, has

the

it.

to

by

it

fabric

a grandly-scaled

brackets.

construction.

four-over-four,

front

restoration.

southeast

They

are

a to

the other windows

the house originally

house,

restored. adjacent

its

its

both

Although

original

the owner

has

underlines

punctuated

Street

is

by

below

of

cut

the

created

been enclosed with

attached

two

of

rear wing of

and

vertical

finely

around

vestibules

converted

has

door

The west

has

details

been

Home

time of

foot

east;

by

It

scrolled

driveway

its

begun

brick.

by

style.

of

house.

foundation

part

face

are now being made

the

is

entrance

framed

Most the

been

the

crowned

semicircular

is

The

arches.

the whole way

second-floor

frieze

the

a

broad arch

glass.

running

as

to at

about

four-over-six;

side of

removed

a

unornamented.

three bays; south

situated

remains

molding which

formerly

present

to

elaborately

horizontal This

address

Italianate

recently

service wing

paired,

Second-floor windows

are

are

by

the

the

round

double-hung. windows

entry

pane of

two

lower

roof was

forward

curve of

single

above

a

has

the

enough

burnt-sienna-colored

incorporate a

bay.

example of

into apartments,

the brick walls.

lower

southeast,

imposing

restoration which

ornamented

block

zone on

above each

an

structure of

the west

cornices

is

conversion

two-story

block

roofs of

the a

House

through

at

the

library

basement. and

two-story

and

small

this would

gallery across

its

6-over-6 windows.

be

replaced

in

the

south

A

face.

carport

is

restoration.

stuccoed. is

grained.

the northwest

A stairway

flooring,

a

cases in

the The

curved

Two

rooms

corner,

have

and

have the

been

north

been

converted

to

southwest

corner of

this

front

entry

retains

staircase wall,

but

its

the

partially center

cupboards room

room for

leads

plaster

staircase

its to

ceiling itself

removed. running

about

impressive

sweep.

Most

house

must

that

descendant

of

be as

280

feet

notable

old

as

the original.

the

from is

the

a giant

house

house west ginko

itself.

tree A

to Home at

second

the

Street

still

northwest

smaller ginko

form an

corner is

of

the

no doubt

a

8.

Significance Areas of Significance— Check and justify below

Period prehistoric

archeology-prehistoric

community planning

landscape architecture

religion

1400-1499

archeology-historic

conservation

law

science

1500-1599

agriculture

economics

literature

sculpture

architecture

education

military

social

1700-1799

art

engineering

music

humanitarian

1800-1899

commerce

exploration settlement

philosophy

theater

1900-

communications

industry

politics government

transportation

x

1600-1699

X

other (specify)

invention

Specific dates

built

1858

Builder Architect

un k nOwn

Statement of Significance (in one paragraph)

The

Dryden-Louthan

listing

in

embodies its

the

early

with

the

house The

the

Italianate a

style

is

of

the

style

supported i s

case was

by

County, who,

to

their (by

it

neighbors.

John

J.-G.

and west

Blumenson)

displacement

his

D.

S.

of

of

built

in

1829,

the

era.

post-war headed

Civil

the

authorized Court

in

during

the

distrusted

by

1865 when

he

sold

legal

of

period,

In

his

fall the

Palmyra in

this

and occupied

country

Burlington, in

as

by

before

rich.3

Revival

and

and

War,

big

1850 which

eaves This in

leaders

than most

dated

the

from

larger

Palmyra,

lined

Italianate houses.

the boom and demonstrates

cities

sty 1e-

commun ity

but

the

1837

manifestation

better off

Hannibal,

Civil

building boom beginning about

the

In Marion

been variously In

the

the

large cupola.

the

certainly

Rifkind).

in

Rev i va1

prevalent

by a

it,

of abuse.

typically middle-class

built

style has

_' n

G reek

style among business

just

native of Virginia, him one of

his

faction

office in

for

born

in

the earliest

several races

Stephen

the oath

Missouri's

1814.

He came

settlers.-*

of the county's

for circuit Douglas

in

He

most

judge and

i860.

1863-

As

of allegiance and

Union a

governor,

political

threatened with murder placed house

in

Notman,

elevations, 1 wide

topped

were

by John

1 8^5 -

the most

seen

decades

New Jersey,

the domi nant

villa

this

the end of

for

it

both

The

of 1 8^0

city the

the east

Dryden-

the decisive

style.

radical

he was

practice

of

been

Carole

1arge Greek

eligible that

to Marion County with became a

prominent state

Following

successful lawyers

legislator

Republicans on under and

arrest

settled

partnership with

his

by

the StJohn W.

criminal

he was

Confederate

permanently son

try

His Louis

in St.

in

the

A

Dryden.^

In August where he

He died

in

supporter

position

on one

hand,

term of office ended Louis,

the

state Supreme

a difficult

sympathizers police.

1856,

Fremont,

charges.

elected Judge of

conservative

the other. by

to

he was

of

in

the outbreak of

appoi nted commi ssioner for Palmyra and vicinity by General

Gamble,

this

(by

until

toward

to administer

of HamiIton

i860

in

architecture

several

Philadelphia

terms,

popularity of

Unsuccessful

local

War he was

in

popular

seen

making

trained

has

absolute

to

the older

Dryden was a

family

in

to in

symmetrical

Italian

not

town with

attorney and he

was

imported

roof frequently

the most

experienced a

sides

Louthan House was

John

it

the men who built

house with

towered

is

C

style of

condition after

outstate Missouri

villa" and

Missouri,

criterion

Italianate

emerged out

In

under

scale and quality of detailing commensurate

Italian villa

hipped

rich

The early

County,

county seat,

not

an

square

"Tuscan

became

perhaps

the

Of a

have been

Louis.

and a

of

in Palmyra,

Places

the Athenaeum of

asymmet r i ca1,

however,

of Marion

St.

a

Street

original

gradually

the almost

called the

though

Ross

Historic

commun i ty of

its

to

for

and

brackets,

somet imes

cort rast

said

Palazzo in

the to

who built

blended with the

in

returned

style

Renaissance

Such was

East

characteristics

position

Philadelphia architect the

402

in northeast Missouri.

now being

and

at

Register of

distinctive

phase leading

is

House

National

ignominiously

of

that

conducted 1886

7

year a

9.

Major Bibliographical References_________

1.

Holcombe, .188*.

2.

Portrait

and

Chicago:

C.

10.

;

R.

I.

History of Marion County, Missouri. ———— ——————————— ———————

Biographical Q.

Owens

F,

Record

of Marion,

Rails

St.

and

Louis:

Pike

E.

F.

Counties,

Perkins,

Missouri.

r.n.

Geographical Data

Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name

"Palmyra,

0.65

acre______

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Quadrangle scale 1:24,000

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the

center of

thence west

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east

7.12

143

ft.;

ft on

a

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the

point 25,

south

north

line

on

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List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries state___Missouri___________code

state

county____Marion__________code

code

11.

county

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code

Form Prepared By

name/title

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organization_______'

street & number



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Ursula

city or town____University

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October

Avenue_____________telephone

City_________________state

1 984_____________

(31*0

727-0428_________

Missouri

63130__________

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification

The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: ________

national

y

_ state____ ^

local_________________________________

As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth-by the National Park Service.

State Historic Preservation Officer signature ^>jp^'?^!^,

John Karel, dtie

Officer,

,

/V^^y^g^Xl_____________________

Director & Depu*5r State Historic- Preservation