National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form
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NFS Form 10-900-b OMB No. 10024-0018 (June 1991) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form This form is used for documenting multiple property groups relating to on instructions in How to Complete the Multiple Documentation Form (National Registe ete each item by entering the requested information. For additional space, use continuation sheets (Form 10-900-a). X New Submission Amended Submission A. Name of Multiple Property Listing Historic Resources of Cole Camp, Missouri B. Associated Historic Contexts (Name each associated historic context, identifying theme, geographical area, and chronological period for each.) I. Settlement and Pre-Railroad Development: 1839 to 1880 II. Early Railroad Era: 1881-1914 III. Early Twentieth Century Development: 1915-1951 IV. Architectural Development: ca. 1861-1951 D. Form Prepared by name/title Debbie Sheals (for The City of Cole Camp: Contact, Bob Owens. 660-668-4613.) organization Independent Contractor date November. 2001 street & number 406 W. Broadway . telephone 573-874-3779 city or town___ Columbia state Missouri __ zip code 65203 D. Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this documentation form meets the standards and sets forth the requirements for the listing of related properties consistent with the National Register criteria. This submission meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60 and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Arcjieojo^ and Historic Preservation ( [ ] See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Claire F. Blackwell/Deputy SHPO Date Missouri Department of Natural Resources State or Federal agency and bureau I hereby certify that this, multiple property documentation form has been approved by the National Register as a basis for ox/ah iat«ag related propp/fies foisting injtjq National Register. // Signature of the Keeper Date of Action NFS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number E Page 2 Historic Resources of Cole Camp, Missouri Benton County, Missouri TABLE OF CONTENTS Note: page numbers begin at 1 for each section. E. Statement of Historic Contexts I. Settlement and Pre-Railroad Development: 1839 to 1880 ......................................... 5 II. Early Railroad Era: 1881-1914 ............................................................... 11 HI. Early Twentieth Century Development: 1915-1951 ............................................ 20 IV. Architectural Development: ca. 1861-1951 ................................................... 25 Chronology of Notable Events ............................................................... 43 F. Associated Property Types (with description, significance, and registration requirements.) a. Single Pen ................................................................................ 1 b. Two Room Folk ........................................................................... 2 Double Pen................................................................. 3 Hall and Parlor ............................................................. 3 c. Late Victorian ............................................................................. 6 Folk Victorian .............................................................. 8 Italianate ................................................................... 8 Second Empire .............................................................. 8 Gothic Revival .............................................................. 8 d. Queen Anne ............................................................................... 10 e. Romanesque Revival ........................................................................ 13 f. Commercial Building ....................................................................... 15 Two-Part Commercial Block ................................................. 15 One-Part Commercial Block ................................................. 16 Boomtown Front ........................................................... 17 Gable-Front ............................................................... 17 Broad-Front Commercial .................................................... 17 g. Gabled Ell ................................................................................ 21 Cross Plan.................................................................. 22 h. I-house .................................................................................. 24 i. Urban Farmstead .......................................................................... 26 j. Pyramidal ................................................................................. 29 Pyramid Square ................................................................. 30 Foursquare ..................................................................... 30 k. Bungalow ............................................................................... 32 1. Automobile Related Commercial ............................................................. 35 Commercial Garage ............................................................. 35 Filling Station................................................................... 35 G. Geographical Data ......................................................................... 1 H. Summary of Identification and Evaluation Methods ........................................... 1 I. Major Bibliographical References ............................................................ 1 NPSForm10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number E Page 3 Historic Resources of Cole Camp, Missouri Benton County, Missouri INTRODUCTION Cole Camp is located less than twenty miles south of Sedalia, Missouri, in the Williams Township of Benton County. The town slogan provides an apt description of the surrounding countryside: "Cole Camp -Where Benton County's Ozarks and Prairies Meet/' The town is located in the northeast corner of the county, and is surrounded by farmland. The land to the north is relatively flat prairie, with some gently rolling hills. The foothills of the Ozark mountains lie to the south, and much of the county is dominated by the presence of Truman Lake and the western edge of the Lake of the Ozarks. The lakes occupy the former path of the Osage River, which was an early transportation artery for the area. Cole Camp is bisected by Missouri State Highway 52, (Main Street within the City Limits) an east-west road which intersects State Highway 65 four miles west of town. The blocks in the southern part of town, a portion of which dates to the late 1850s, are laid out at a 45 degree angle to the compass points. (See Figure One.) Those blocks align with the historic Butterfield Trail, which enters the town from the southwest. The current City Park, which also contains the town's water tower, was the original Public Square. The blocks in the north part of town were platted after the Missouri Pacific Railroad came through in 1880. The northern blocks are laid out with the compass points, and align roughly with the former railbed, which went out of use in the 1940s. Commercial properties are concentrated along Highway 52 (Main Street) and Maple Street, in the north-central part of town, while the area south of the highway is predominantly residential. Cole Camp has a long, rich history which began in the early decades of the 19th century. It is like many other Missouri towns, in that access to transportation played a major role in its physical development. The first buildings to be erected in the settlement were located at the intersection of major trails in use at the time. Later, the coming of the railroad had a dramatic, nearly overnight impact upon the town. The railroad ran just north of the original settlement, and the business center quickly shifted in that direction to be close to the rails. Those patterns of development remain apparent, and intact buildings from all periods of the town's history grace the streets of Cole Camp yet today. The importance of those historic resources has long been recognized in the community, and local histories include much information about both existing and former historic buildings in the area. That interest led to the initiation of an architectural and historical survey of the town in the late 1990s. The survey project, which took place in 1998 and early 1999, documented all of the intact historic resources within the city limits of Cole Camp. Several hundred properties were field checked, and basic information was compiled for 252 of the most intact historic properties in the town. (Those properties will hereafter be referred to as the "survey group.") The survey helped link individual properties more directly with existing local histories, and identified broad historical NFS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number E Page 4 Historic Resources of Cole Camp, Missouri Benton County, Missouri contexts for the community in general. The survey also found that many of the buildings in the community are