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Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri)

Coordinates: 38°58′26″N 92°44′5″W / 38.97389°N 92.73472°W / 38.97389; -92.73472
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Thomas Nelson House
Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri) is located in Missouri
Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri)
Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri) is located in the United States
Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri)
Location700 Tenth St.
Boonville, Missouri
Coordinates38°58′26″N 92°44′5″W / 38.97389°N 92.73472°W / 38.97389; -92.73472
Built1843; 181 years ago (1843)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSBoonville Missouri MRA
NRHP reference No.82005302[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1990

Thomas Nelson House, also known as Forest Hill, is a historic home located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1843, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a rear ell. Symmetrical, flanking one-story wings were added about 1946. It has a side gable roof and features a two-story gabled, pedimented front portico, constructed about 1853. The house is in the George Caleb Bingham painting "Forest Hill the Nelson Homestead."[2]: 2 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Preservation Planning Section (May 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas Nelson House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.] (includes 9 photos from 1989)