Lansdown-Higgins House
Lansdown-Higgins House | |
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| Location | 5240 Tanner Bridge Rd., near Jefferson City, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°30′23″N 92°12′19″W / 38.50639°N 92.20528°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1830-1854 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, I-house |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001311[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1999 |
Lansdown-Higgins House, also known as the Riggins House, Kerl House, and Sommerer House, is a historic home located near Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. The original section was built about 1830, and was a 1 1⁄2-story dogtrot house of hewn log construction. The house achieved its present form about 1854, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style frame I-house with a central passage plan. It features an imposing two-story pedimented portico supported by square Doric order columns and massive chimneys of gray limestone.[2]: 5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Rhonda Chalfant and Roger Maserang (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lansdown-Higgins House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
