Ruhlman/Rapp/Welsch Residence - Boonville, MO
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N 38° 58.508 W 092° 44.794
15S E 521952 N 4314047
This residence is listed as #58 on the NRHP description list.
Waymark Code: WM15C4G
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2021
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County of house: Cooper County
Location of house: E. Spring St., 2nd house E. of 3rd St., N side, Boonville
Built: 1880's
Architect: Unknown
Architectural Style: Italianate
Original Occupant: Unknown
Current Occupant: Apartments
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"58. Ruhlman/Rapp/Welsch Residence, 307-309 E. Spring Street, 1880's. Built as as a duplex, the two-story, brick structure has Italianate affinities. It has a truncated hip roof." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: 1880s
Style/Design: late Italianate
A wide plain frieze accents the shallow eave of the roofline. Windows have soldier course, segmentally arched headers; some are paired and have a stone keystone. The primary facade (S) has 1 story rectangular bays E & W, 2 central entrances with transoms and an Eastlake porch which extend across the length of the facade. It has molded concrete block piers and balustrade but frame chamfered post and scroll brackets. Entrances on the 2nd story have had their transoms closed.
The structure has a stone water table. Extending to the N is a 2 story brick ell, original to the structure. Later additions include a brick 1 story, pent area which has an enclosed porch over it, and pent frame porches with metal roofs to the N.
"Originally the structure had individual porches on the S. Hasselbalch
converted duplex into 4 apartments.
"The structure faces S onto E. Spring. Along the alley to the N is a pent, frame shed." ~ Boonville Historic Survey PDF pages 2706-2709
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