Oakwood, also known as the Abiel Leonard House, is a historic home located at Fayette,

Howard County, Missouri Howard County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri, with its southern border formed by the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,151. Its county seat is Fayette. The county was organized January 23, 1816, and named ...

. It was built about 1834–1836, with alterations occurring in 1850–1851, 1856–1858, the 1890s, and 1938. It is a two-story,

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style brick

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with a two-story rear ell with a double gallery porch. The front facade features a small classical

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. Also on the property are the contributing brick slave house, a second brick slave house (1857) adjoining an existing brick

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, an ice house, and a fruit cellar. (includes 26 photographs from 1980) It was listed on the

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in 1982.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Federal architecture in Missouri Houses completed in 1836 Buildings and structures in Howard County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Missouri {{HowardCountyMO-NRHP-stub