Ross House (Mexico, Missouri)

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Ross House
Location 501 S. Muldrow St., Mexico, Missouri
Coordinates 39°10′6″N91°53′21″W / 39.16833°N 91.88917°W / 39.16833; -91.88917 Coordinates: 39°10′6″N91°53′21″W / 39.16833°N 91.88917°W / 39.16833; -91.88917
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1857 (1857)
Architectural style Italianate, Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 78001637 [1]
Added to NRHP July 26, 1978

Ross House, also known as John Clark House, Graceland Museum, and Audrain County Historical Museum, is a historic home located at Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri. It was built in 1857, and is a two-story, frame dwelling with Italianate style decorative features. The house is topped by a hipped roof with widow's walk. It features an imposing Classical Revival style two-story front portico. [2] The house is operated by the Audrain County Historical Society and adjacent to the American Saddlebred Horse Museum. [3]

Mexico, Missouri City in the United States

Mexico, formerly known as New Mexico, is a city in Audrain County, Missouri. The population was 11,543 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat, home to the Missouri Military Academy, and annually hosts the Miss Missouri Pageant. The micropolitan statistical area consists of Audrain County.

Audrain County, Missouri county in Missouri, United States

Audrain County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 25,529. Its county seat is Mexico. The county was organized December 13, 1836, and named for Colonel James Hunter Audrain of the War of 1812 and who later was elected to the state legislature.

Italianate architecture 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. James M. Denny (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ross House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  3. Audrain County Historical Society