John W. Boone House | |
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| Location | 4th St. between E. Broadway and Walnut, Columbia, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°57′8″N 92°19′57″W / 38.95222°N 92.33250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Box style |
| MPS | Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002309 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 4, 1980 |
The John W. Boone House, also known as the Stuart P. Parker Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Columbia, Missouri. It was built about 1890, and is a two-story frame house that measures roughly 46 feet by 45 feet. It was the home of ragtime musician John William 'Blind' Boone. [2] The home, which is owned by the City of Columbia, [3] had fallen into a state of severe disrepair, but is now under restoration [4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Lucille Salerno and Greg Olson (January 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John W. Boone House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ^ Salerno, Lucille. "A Brief History of John William "Blind" Boone". Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ Semelka, Sara (2009-04-24). "In a past life, historic house was red-faced". Columbia Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Houses completed in 1890
- Houses in Columbia, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Missouri
- African-American history in Columbia, Missouri
- African-American history of Missouri
- Central Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs