The Peters House - 1840 - Hermann, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.313 W 091° 26.193
15S E 635945 N 4285225
Today this and 121 are part of a larger B&B complex...with changes being made every day...
Waymark Code: WM13C7J
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2020
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County of house: Gasconade County
Location of house: E. 3rd St, middle of block, N. side of street, Hermann
Built: 1867/alt.1900/1920
Architectural Style: Anglo Hall-Kitchen Variant
"119 East 3rd Street, Michael Henneberger House; Henry Peters, Jr./builder, 1867/alt.1900/1920,
Contributing (survey #71)
Outbuilding: Shed, contributing
This two-story brick house has a side gable roof and a cut stone foundation. The five-bay
façade is symmetrical, and all openings have segmental arches and stone sills. A very simple
corbelled cornice extends under the shallow eaves. There are two entrance doors on the first
floor, in the second and fourth bays. Windows are 6/6 wood sash. The western entrance has
a multi-light wood door and transoms. The eastern entrance has double leaf four panel doors
with elaborate details. A door in the central bay of the second floor provides access to the balcony that extends across the center 3 bays of the building. At the alley is a small frame
shed with shed roof and wood siding." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built in 1867-8 by Henry Peters, Jr. as a residence.
"It is possible that an earlier building--ca. 1840--constructed by
Leonard Schramm was incorporated into the present structure.
However, more likely it was built in its entirety by Henry Peters in
1867-8 who then sold it immediately to Michael Henneberger, a
railroad laborer who lived in the house many years. Henry Peters was
the son of an enterprising carpenter-builder in and around Hermann; a
number of his other buildings survive. As late as the 1920s the
second bay of the first story façade entry had paired doors identical
to those found on the fourth bay doorway. Sometime before 1892 a
rear open porch--the center two bays--was closed to form a continuous
brick wall.
"General description: Two and one half story rectangle shaped
building constructed of brick laid in common bond resting on a
dressed stone foundation.
"Setting: The building rests virtually at the sidewalk on the façade
and like its neighbors to the east the building site was scooped from
the hillside which rises to the north •. At the rear of the property
there is a stone retaining wall. The rear ground level entrance is
in the second story. On the west is a wide side-yard with the stone
retaining wall at the rear. On the east there is a narrow--ca. one
foot--space between it and the neighboring house. In fact the brick
work is joined at the first story level and open above between the
two buildings." ~ DNR Historic Survey PDF page 409