Big Hill Farmstead Historic District

Coordinates: 37°21′49″N 89°41′26″W / 37.36361°N 89.69056°W / 37.36361; -89.69056
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Big Hill Farmstead Historic District
Big Hill Farmstead Historic District is located in Missouri
Big Hill Farmstead Historic District
Big Hill Farmstead Historic District is located in the United States
Big Hill Farmstead Historic District
Location2246 Route PP, Jackson, Missouri
Coordinates37°21′49″N 89°41′26″W / 37.36361°N 89.69056°W / 37.36361; -89.69056
Area129.7 acres (52.5 ha)
Built1855 (1855)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, I-house
NRHP reference No.99001598[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1999

Big Hill Farmstead Historic District is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The farmhouse was built about 1855, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick I-house with Greek Revival and Italianate style design elements. It has a hipped roof and features a gallery porch. Other contributing elements are the a timber frame barn (c. 1855), a cabin/workshop (c. 1856), a wagon shed (c. 1870s), and the surrounding farmland.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mary Kate W. Johnson and Roger Maserang (May 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Big Hill Farmstead Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.