i 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

(Type all entries complete applicable sections)ENTRV NUMBE

COMMON:

AND/OR HISTORIC:

.General John J.

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Corner. State and Worlow streetsCITY OR TOWN:

Laclede

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P.O. Box 176, ""20!. Jefferson Build in?CITY OR TOWN

Je.ffersoil City Missouri 6?101 21*

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Mssouri Historic Sites CatalogueCounty Q Locol

State Historical Society of MissouriSTREET ANO NUMBER:

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Form 10-300o

(D.c. 1968)UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

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STATE

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Linn

FOR NPS USE ONLY

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GEHEF.AL JOHII J. PERSHIMG BCmiOOD HOiE

6. Missouri State Historical Survey (state)

1968

Missouri State Park Board

P.O. Box 176

12QL Jefferson Building

Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Code: 2It

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CONDITION (CneokOneJ

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INTEGRITY fC/><)C* "eJ rc/iecfc One)

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Modified Gothic Revival style house, facing east, built ca. I8f>7.

Two and one-half story clapboarded frane house painted grey.

One-story front porch on' facade terminates at "L" block projection

from facade (east) which forms gable wall on house front.

Bay window at first floor level of facade "L" projection (east).

All window sash are double hung. Eave lines on gable end walls

are accentuated by perforated wooden ornament. Wooden pinnacles

at the ridge of gable ends. House lias nine rcors. Three, one-

story rooms, on real- of building, appear to be additions. Stone

foundation, with partial basement added, later.

Building is constructed primarily of sawn pine. Studs are of

native oak. Brick interfili extends aly to the second floor.

Flooring on ground floor is of 1" wide pine boards, not original.

Flooring on second floor is of $" wide pine boards, original.

Interior woodwork is primarily of pine and fir. Walnut stair

railing is original.

House is furnished in 1860-1880's furniture, has interpretive

inuseum room, on the second floor.

Behind the house are located smoke house, well, fruit cellar,

and outside privy. A bronze statue of General Pershing stands

to the north of the building and was dedicated on October 20, 1968.

House was acquired by the State of I3.ssouri in 1 J2 from a private

owner who had planned to raze the building.

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House was the boyhood home of General John J. Pershing, the

Germander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in

Europe during World War I. John J. Pershing"s father purchased

the property in 1866 when the future General was a boy of six.

The Pershing family lived in the house until after 1882.

Pershing graduated froB West Point and distinguished hirself

in the Spanish American War and in the Kexicon campaigns against

Pancho Villa.

As an outstanding honor, General Pershing was nar.ed General

of the Armies of the United States by a Special Act of Congress

in 1919.

On September 13, 1960, as a part of the nationwide celebration

to honor General Pershing and the men who fought under him,

the house was dedicated as an Historic Shrine.

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1. State Historical Society of Missouri's Historic Sites File,

ref. Linn County.

2. Heyer, Duanc, The "Heritage of Missouri: A History, (St. Louis:

State Publishing Co., Inc., 19SJT pp. 5757T77T"

3* Missouri State Park Board Publication, . "General John

J. Pershing Boyhood Home", Lacledo, Missouri. October 1963.

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NAME AND Tl TLE:

Martha L. Kusiak, Research Historian

ORGANIZATION state His torical Survey, and Planning Office DATE

Missouri State Park Board AprD

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As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na

tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law

89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion

in the National Register and certify that it has been

forth by the National Park Service. The recommended

level of significance of this nomination is:

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Name

Joseph jaeger, Jr.

Tuie _. Director, Missouri State Park

Board, and Missouri State Liaison Officer

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I hereby certify that this property is included in the

National Register.

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Keeper of The National Register

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