Rivercene is a historic home located near New Franklin,

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 in 1869, and is a two-story, nearly square,

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style orange-colored brick dwelling with two wings. It features a

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and four wood porches. It was the home of Missouri and Mississippi River steamboat captain Joseph Beeler Kinney. (includes 5 photographs from 1972) It was listed on the

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in 1973.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Second Empire architecture in Missouri Houses completed in 1869 Buildings and structures in Howard County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Missouri {{HowardCountyMO-NRHP-stub