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Fayette, Missouri
Fayette is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 2,803 at the 2020 census. History Fayette was laid out in 1823. The community was named after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. A post office has been in operation at Fayette since 1824. The Edwin and Nora Payne Bedford House, Central Methodist College Campus Historic District, Coleman Hall, Fayette City Park Swimming Pool, Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District, Fayette Residential Historic District, Greenwood, Prior Jackson Homeplace, Alfred W. Morrison House, Oakwood, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, South Main Street Historic District, and Dr. Uriel S. Wright Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1899, 19-year-old, black Fayette resident Frank Embree was accused of raping a 14-year-old white girl. Embree claimed to be innocent; however, after a lynch mob wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 United States Census
The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to offer options to respond online or by phone, in addition to the paper response form used for previous censuses. The census was taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected its administration. The census recorded a resident population of 331,449,281 in the fifty states and the District of Columbia, an increase of 7.4 percent, or 22,703,743, over the preceding decade. The growth rate was the second-lowest ever recorded, and the net increase was the sixth highest in history. This was the first census where the ten most populous states each surpassed 10 million residents as well as the first census where the ten most populous cities each surpassed 1 million residents. Background As required by the United States Constitution, the U.S. cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Main Street Historic District (Fayette, Missouri)
South Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. The district encompasses 21 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Glasgow. It developed between about 1830 and 1935 and includes representative examples of Italianate and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Edwin and Nora Payne Bedford House. Other notable buildings include the V. M Grigsby house (c. 1905), R. M. Moon house (c. 1923), Denneny sisters house (c. 1923), Joseph Shepard house / Joseph Davis house (c. 1828), Joseph Howard house (c. 1907), Thomas Howard house (1901), J. D. Tolson house (c. 1878), and the Robert Wilhoit house (c. 1935). (includes 18 photographs from 1998) anSite map/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakwood (Fayette, Missouri)
Oakwood, also known as the Abiel Leonard House, is a historic home located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. It was built about 1834–1836, with alterations occurring in 1850–1851, 1856–1858, the 1890s, and 1938. It is a two-story, Federal style brick I-house with a two-story rear ell with a double gallery porch. The front facade features a small classical portico. Also on the property are the contributing brick slave house, a second brick slave house (1857) adjoining an existing brick smokehouse, an ice house, and a fruit cellar. (includes 26 photographs from 1980) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1982. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred W
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album ''Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England *Alfred Music, an American music publisher * Alfred University, New York, U.S. *The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario * Alfred Island, Nunavut * Mount Alfred, British Columbia United States * Alfred, Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prior Jackson Homeplace
Prior Jackson Homeplace, also known as Cedar Lawn and Fern Valley, is a historic home located near Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. It was built about 1856, and is a two-story, three bay, Classical Revival style red brick dwelling with a two-story rear wing with an enclosed gallery porch. It measures 51 feet by 44 feet and has a pitched hipped roof. (includes 7 photographs from 1978) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1980. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Neoclassical architecture in Missouri Houses completed in 1856 Buildings and structures in Howard County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Missouri {{HowardCoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood (Fayette, Missouri)
Greenwood, also known as the Estill-Parrish House, is a historic home located near Fayette, Howard County, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1864, and is a two-story, double pile, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a two-story rear wing with an arcaded wooden gallery porch. It features fine interior woodwork. Also on the property are the contributing frame meat house, a single-cell slave house, a double-cell slave house, an ice house, and the White Hall School, a one-room frame school house built in 1860. (includes 22 photographs from 1980) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. References One-room schoolhouses in Missouri Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayette Residential Historic District
Fayette Residential Historic District is a national historic district located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. The district encompasses 308 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Fayette. It developed between about 1832 and 1956 and includes representative examples of Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Coleman Hall. Other notable buildings include the Hampton L. Boon House / George Carson House (c. 1832), W. W. Blakemore House (c. 1905), John Sears House / John B. Clark House (a. 1835, 1900), McKinney Sisters House (c. 1900), Tully Chenowith House (c. 1925), Methodist Episcopal Parsonage (c. 1890), T. A. F. Mitchell House (c. 1935), Oliver H. P. Corprew House (1880s), Huntington Hall, A. F. Davis House (1880-1884), R. Lee Maupin House (1905), Mrs. John H. Farrington House (c. 1915), the Daly School (1924), the T. A. Grigsby Building (c. 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District
Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings in the central business district of Fayette. It developed between about 1828 and 1947 and includes representative examples of Second Empire, Italianate, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Dr. Uriel S. Wright Office. Other notable buildings include the Fayette Public Library (1914), City Hall (1925), New Opera House Block (1903), A. F. Davis Bank (c. 1885), Commercial Bank (1910), The New Century Block Building (1902), Bell Block Building (1883), U.S. Post Office Building (1925), Howard County Jail and Residence (c. 1889-1894), and Howard County Courthouse (1887). (includes 16 photographs from 1997) anSite map/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayette City Park Swimming Pool
Fayette City Park Swimming Pool, also known as the Fayette WPA Pool and WWI Memorial, is a historic swimming pool located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. It was built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration funded project. The pool building is a roughly egg shaped, one-story Art Deco structure with a rectangular two-story entrance hall on the north. The building has two-toned brick walls and a concrete foundation. (includes 14 photographs from 1998) Friday, 5 October 2018 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1999. The Fayette City Park Swimming Pool is one of several above-ground swimming pools designed by architect Wesley Bintz between 1919 and the 1950s. Headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, Bint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleman Hall
Coleman Hall, also known as the President's House, is a historic home located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. It was built in 1874, and is a two-story, double pile, brick dwelling with a two-story rear ell. It has a central hall plan in the Late Georgian style and Italianate style design elements. The hipped roof is topped by a cupola. It was built to be donated as a president's house for Central Methodist College. (includes 21 photographs from 1985) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 1986. It is located in the Fayette Residential Historic District. References Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri Houses on the National Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
