Alvah Washington Townley Farmstead Historic District, also known as Osage County Museum, is a historic farm and national

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located at

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, Osage County, Missouri. It encompasses five contributing buildings. They are the two-story, frame I-house (c. 1856) with modest

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styling; a smokehouse (c. 1875); multipurpose barn (c. 1872); wood and machine shed (c. 1874); and a combination poultry house,

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, and storage shed (c. 1870). The property was deeded it to the Osage County Historical Society, who operate it as a museum. (includes 15 photographs from 1999) It was listed on the

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in 2003.

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Townley House Museum
History museums in Missouri Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Houses completed in 1856 Buildings and structures in Osage County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Osage County, Missouri {{OsageCountyMO-NRHP-stub