Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
(Doc. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM
(Type ail entries complete applicable sections)
STATE:
Missouri
FORNPS USE ONLY
COMMON:
Lilac HillAND/OR HISTORIC:
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1 mile Si-7 of Favette on State Hishway 5, T ?ON R 16W Sec 1)4CITY OR TOW
1 mile SW of Farette
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Favetts Missouri 652L3
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Missouri Historic Sites CataDATE OF SURVEY: Federal [~1 State (^ County
State Historical Society of i-iiasouri /'
Corner, Hitt ar?d LoTjry strpstsCITY OR TOWN:
Colurrftia
STATE:
Missouri
Form 10-300° (D.e. 1968)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM .
(Continuation Sheet)
ITATE
Missouri
HowardFOR NPS USE ONLY
(Number all entries)
LILAC HILL
6. Missouri State Historical Survey (state)
1968
Missouri State Park Board
P.O. Box 176
120lj Jefferson Building
Jefferson City, I-assouri 65101 Code: 2li
CONDITION
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Two-story red brick Federal style house of exceptional architectural
d&tail ca. 1330. Date of construction and style of architecture
is early for Howard County, Missouri.
Gable end of the 1\ story pain block forms central third of the
facade, flanked symmetrically by lj- story twin wings having their
gable ends perpendicular to that of the central section.
Atypical plan has no center hall, originally no interior stairways
for access to second floor. Three rooms of about equal size across
front of house. Three rooms (sitting room, kitchen and dining room)
on the rear at right angles to front rooms forming a "T" plan.
Construction curiousity deleted interior connection between some
adjacent roorcs. One isolated downstairs front room is believed
to have been used by the original owner as an office. Upstairs
bedrooms were separated by wall about If feet in thickness with
separate exterior stairways for access. Doorways have since bsen
cut through these walls. Exterior stairs removed and interior
stairs inserted by present owner.
House built with slave labor. Brick burned on the property. One
slave cabin of wood frame construction, remains in good condition
behind the house.
Hilltop sits, house faces southeast. Present owner testifies that
disorientation to compass points proves ^advantageous for ventilation.
Walnut woodwork throughout. Ssveral especially fine original
fireplace mantles with hand-carved sunburst designs.
After purchasing property in 1961 present owner continued an
extensive renovation project began by the previous owner. Present
owner added one story room to rsar of "T", batlirooir-s at both
angles of the "T", and brick--wed porch to north side of original
portion of the "T".
House now in pristine condition, fresh plaster, paint, excellent
state of repair.
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House built by Alfred Morris on who case to Missouri from Kentucky
in 1322 and began buying land in Howard County eventually owning
about 1600-1700 acres. (Information from Mr. and Ira. Gordon S.
KcKenty, present owners, who have made a study of the history of
the house, in interview, Missouri State Historical Survey staff,
August, 1968.) Alfred Korrison surveyed the town site for Fayette
and served as one of the trustees wnen Fayette was reincorporated
May, 1830. Korrison 1 s involvement in political activities explains
his need for a large separate office in his hone. He served as
sheriff, Judge of the County Court, and State Treasurer, 13J1-1360.
Wiile ha was treasurer, state funds were secured in the attic
workrooms of the house. House passed to James Horrison, son of
Alfred, about time of Civil tfar. Janes Korrison descendants lived
in house until 1952.
An exceptionally fine exanple of Federal style of the era in
central Missouri, the house is set apart by the arrangement of the -
facade. Most conteinporary local houses had the gable ends to the
sides rather than front and rear.
Origin of the design nc'. definitely known, but the consistency of
form and proportions, and assured manner in which .classic details
were employed in this building suggest that the builder draw his
ideas fron a published source, possibly a builder's planbook.
(Reference is made to the Palladian window in the gabls of the
facade, the fan-lighted main entranceway, keystone lintels of the
facade windows, the cornice with its regularly spaced and elegantly
formed modillions.)
A report included in the Historic Sites Files of the State Historical
Society of Missouri (E.F. Puckett of Fayette, J'o. based or. research
by L. Hainlin, and dated April 3, 13<8) notes that the house was
copied, in part from the design of the Morrison's brother-in-law
William Hughes' house, bailt 1328-1332 about four miles west of
Fayette.
Form 10-3000 (D,e.1968)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM
(Continuation Sheet)
Missouri
Howard
FOR NPS USE ONLY
(Number fll entflea)
LILAC HILL
A third suggestion as to the origin of the design of Lilac
Hill has been offered by Charles Van Ravenswaaj (quoted in
the Missouri Club Woman, Vol. XV, Mo. I;, April, 191iO, p. 2
referring to James Talbot's History of the South) who stated
that it was possible that Alfred Iforrison hirnself designed
his house.
;->. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
510
1. Prooerty abstract in possession of present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon a. KcKenty, 1968.
2. HcKenty, fir. and Its. Gordon S., present owners, interviewed by Missouri State Historical Survey staff members, Vicki Rottman and Mary P. KcCue, August 21, 1968.
3. State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. Historic Sites File.
Ij. Talbot, Janes. History of the South quoted in The Missouri ClubWo-nan, Vol. XV, Ho. h, April, 19^0, p. 2.
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P.O. Box 176, 1201. J«fffirson Build incrCITY OR TOWN:
;12.s.STATE LIAISON OFFIC6R ::CER1'IFieA"S10K:i:SSWi;
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
evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set
• level of significance of this nomination is:.'-\ ^-v
National Q IState CS \ Local Q"3
Joseph /Jaeger/ Jiv/^- i-.•/'//
rule.1/ Dii-eotor, Missou/i State ParkBoard, and i-'iissouri State Liaison
Officer Date March 2^, 19^9
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I hereby certify that this property is included in the
National Register.
Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
APR 16' 1969Date
ATTEST:
Keeper of The National Register/
APR 1 ff 1969 /
'Form 10-301
(D.c. 1968)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
PROPERTY MAP FORM
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Lilac HillAlfred W. Horrison House
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