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Merritt Violette House

Coordinates: 39°29′37″N 91°47′6″W / 39.49361°N 91.78500°W / 39.49361; -91.78500
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Merritt Violette House
Merritt Violette House is located in Missouri
Merritt Violette House
Merritt Violette House is located in the United States
Merritt Violette House
LocationOff MO 107, Florida, Missouri
Coordinates39°29′37″N 91°47′6″W / 39.49361°N 91.78500°W / 39.49361; -91.78500
Arealess than one acre
Built1902 (1902)
ArchitectViolette, Mrs M.A.; Multiple
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.83001031[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983

Merritt Violette House, also known as Merritt "Dad" Violette House, is a historic home located at Florida, Monroe County, Missouri. It was built in 1902–1903, and is a one-story, eclectic vernacular Queen Anne style frame dwelling with attic. It is sheathed in clapboard and fishscale shingles and has a complex hipped and gable roof. The house has a cross-in-square plan. It was the home of Merritt Violette, who saved Mark Twain's birthplace for the nation and instigated the Mark Twain State Park, and who built two camps for the Camp Fire Girls.[2]: 2–3 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Karen Platz Hunt, Esley Hamilton, and James M. Denny (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Merritt Violette House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 6 photographs from 1980)