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Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District

Coordinates: 38°27′53″N 92°31′07″W / 38.46472°N 92.51861°W / 38.46472; -92.51861
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Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District
Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District is located in Missouri
Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District
Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District is located in the United States
Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District
LocationRoute V north of its junction with Route A, at Rock Enon Creek, near Russellville, Missouri
Coordinates38°27′53″N 92°31′07″W / 38.46472°N 92.51861°W / 38.46472; -92.51861
Area10.7 acres (4.3 ha)
Built1870 (1870)
Architectural styleGeorgian Plan I-House
NRHP reference No.91001916[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 1992

Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District, also known as Rock Enon Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Russellville, Moniteau County, Missouri. The district encompasses six contributing buildings and one contributing structure associated with a late-19th century farmstead. They are the house (1872-1876), a smokehouse / multipurpose building (c.1870-76), a privy (c. 1870-1876), a spring house (1873), a granary (c. 1870-1876), a substantial barn (1870), and a stone retaining wall with a swinging iron gate and carriage steps. The house is a 2+12-story, five-bay, central hall I-house constructed of limestone blocks. It has a gable roof and a three-bay front porch.[2]: 5–6 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Debbie Sheals (October 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louis Bruce Farmstead Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 9 photographs from 1991)