Elim, also known as the Dr. William Keil House, is a historic home located near
Bethel
Bethel (, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; ; ) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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Shelby County, Missouri
Shelby County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,103. Its county seat is Shelbyville. The county was established on January 2, 1835, and named for Gover ...
. It was built in the late-1840s, and is a -story, brick and stone dwelling over a full basement. It has a simple ridge roof and two porches. It was built by the members of the ''Society of Bethel'' and served as the residence of the society's founder Dr.
William Keil
William Keil (March 6, 1812 – December 30, 1877) was the founder of 19th-century communal religious societies in Bethel, Missouri, and Aurora Colony in Oregon.
Influenced by German Lutheranism, pietism, and revival Methodism, Keil's theology ...
(1812-1877).
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1971.
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Hebron
Hebron (; , or ; , ) is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Hebron is capital of the Hebron Governorate, the largest Governorates of Palestine, governorate in the West Bank. With a population of 201,063 in ...
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Houses completed in 1845
Buildings and structures in Shelby County, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Missouri
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