William P. Hall House is a historic home located at Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri. It was built about 1902, and is a large two-story, irregular plan, Late Victorian style frame dwelling. It features a one-story wraparound porch with

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

columns and a

porte cochere Porte may refer to: *Sublime Porte, the central government of the Ottoman empire *Porte, Piedmont, a municipality in the Piedmont region of Italy *John Cyril Porte, British/Irish aviator *Richie Porte, Australian professional cyclist who competes ...

. It was the home of American showman, businessman, and circus impresario

William Preston Hall William Preston Hall (1864–1932) aka "The Colonel", "Diamond Billy", and "Horse King of the World" was an American showman, businessman, and circus impresario. The William P. Hall House in Lancaster, Missouri, is listed on the National Register ...

(1864–1932). (includes 5 photographs from 1980) It was added to 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 1975.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Victorian architecture in Missouri Houses completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in Schuyler County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Schuyler County, Missouri {{SchuylerCountyMO-NRHP-stub