Kemper Addition Historic District
Kemper Addition Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Joseph, Missouri. The district encompasses 74 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a predominantly residential section of St. Joseph. It developed between about 1880 and 1950, and includes representative examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the Jacob Spencer House (1912), H. E. Hutchings House (1887), Fred Binz House (c. 1895), Thomas Moseley Duplex (1894), Plaza Apartments (1928-1929), Hickey-Fargrave House (1899, 1915) with alterations by architect Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845–1934),`C. E. Sprague House (1905) by Eckel, David Bartlett House (1900) by Eckel, and Samuel Nave House (1889).[2]
Kemper Addition Historic District | |
 Hutchings House (left) and Spencer House (right) | |
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| Location | Portions of Clay, Union, Kemper and Bon Ton Sts., St. Joseph, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′19″N 94°50′11″W |
| Area | 17.5 acres (7.1 ha) |
| Architect | Heim, Rudolph F.; Eckel, E.J., et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, et al. |
| MPS | St. Joseph MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000721[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 2002 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- John Linn Hopkins & Marsha R. Oates (November 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kemper Addition Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01. and Accompanying map
