Information Sheet

 

 

R         Meramec Regional Planning Commission (Mo.).

454                  Historic site surveys, 1980‑1989.

                                    Eight Hollinger boxes.

 

 

 

These are historic site surveys, with accompanying photographs and research materi­als, for Crawford, Dent, Gasconade (southern portion only), Maries, Phelps, and Washington coun­ties in Missouri.  Included are houses, churches, schools, bridges, businesses, and other struc­tures.

 

During the 1980s the Meramec Regional Planning Commission conducted historic site sur­veys of Crawford, Dent, Gasconade (southern portion only), Maries, Phelps, and Washington counties in Missouri.  The surveys were funded by the Missouri Department of Natural Re­sources, which is the repository for the original survey reports.  Assembled here are photocopies of the re­ports, arranged by county, accompanied by associated photographs and negatives, brief county histories, shelf lists, and materials used to research and write the re­ports.  Also included are ad­ministrative files concerning the funding and execution of the sur­vey grants, and general research and background materials on historic preservation and archi­tectural styles.

 

The surveys were conducted and are filed in county units.  Included are houses, com­mercial buildings, churches, schools, barns, outbuildings, bridges, and other structures of sub­stantial age and/or historical significance.  Some of the structures were no longer extant at the time of the sur­vey, and at least one Civil War battlefield was also included.  The sites were de­scribed on stan­dardized forms, noting such data as geographical location, dates of erection and modification or demolition, building materials, architectural style, and historical significance.  Usually at least one contemporary black‑and‑white photograph and/or negative, and some­times several, accom­pany each report.  Historic photographs were included when available.  The amount of informa­tion en­tered varies greatly from site to site, and from county to county.  The reports for Phelps County are particularly detailed.

 

Registers have been prepared for each county, listing sites by report number, name, geo­graphical location, and the location of its associated photographic negatives.  For most counties maps of the county and its municipalities are included with the research materials.  For some counties there are extra photographs and negatives, for which no site reports were prepared.  There are 175 reports each for Washington and southern Gasconade counties, 180 for Crawford County, 240 for Maries County, 259 for Dent County, and 306 for Phelps County.

 

 

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