David Guitar House - Columbia, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 38° 58.779 W 092° 18.240
15S E 560285 N 4314748
Historic Italianate style house on north side of Columbia, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM3G80
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2008
Views: 65
The David Guitar House, was constructed between 1859 and 1862, the house
displays the distinctive characteristics of Late Victorian Italianate
architectural style, which was particularly popular in America between 1850 and
1880. The style of architecture represented in the Guitar House is very
typically Late Victorian Italianate. Its low pitched hipped roof with
overhanging eaves, decorative brackets, tall and slender windows with arched
tops, single story front porch with square supports with beveled corners, and
centered front gable are all distinct characteristics of the style. Additions to
the rear of the house obscure the building's I-form but do not detract from the
original detailing which defined the house as an example of Italianate style.
Therefore, the Guitar House remains an excellent representative of its time and
the then popular style of Italianate architecture.~ from National Register
Nomination Form
The house was constructed for David Guitar who during the Civil War was an
officer in the Confederate army. David Guitar owned the house until 1903.
The house has had various owners since them. The house has recently been
used as a bed and breakfast however it appear it has closed and the house is
currently for sale.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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