Big Hill Farmstead Historic District is a historic home and farm and national

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located at

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Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Cape Girardeau County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri; its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. At the 2020 census, the population was 81,710. The county seat is Jackson, the first city in the US ...

. The farmhouse was built about 1855, and is a two-story, five bay, brick

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with

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and

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style design elements. It has a hipped roof and features a gallery porch. Other contributing elements are the a timber frame barn (c. 1855), a cabin/workshop (c. 1856), a wagon shed (c. 1870s), and the surrounding farmland. It was listed on the

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in 1999.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Greek Revival houses in Missouri Italianate architecture in Missouri Historic districts in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri {{CapeGirardeauCountyMO-NRHP-stub