Harry S. Truman Reservoir Architectural Survey, Records, 1975-1976 (C3758)

4.4. linear feet

INTRODUCTION

Maps, site survey sheets, and photographs of vernacular architecture in Benton, Henry, Hickory and St. Clair counties. The images include barns, bridges, cabins, chicken coops, churches, corncribs, garages, granaries, houses, outhouses, post offices, root cellars, schools, sheds, silos, stores, wells, and windmills.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Harry S. Truman Reservoir Architectural Survey Records were donated to the State Historical of Missouri by an unknown donor on 24 March 1980 (SHS Accession No. 2299). An addition to the records was made on 1 May 1980 by Curtis Synhorst (SHS Accession No. 2311).

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Harry S. Truman Cultural Resources Survey Project was undertaken to record the architecture in areas that were affected by the Harry S. Truman Reservoir. The area included Benton, Henry, Hickory , and St. Clair counties in southwest Missouri. Curtis Synhorst participated in the project which was headquartered in the Division of American Archaeology at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Architectural Survey Records are organized into four sections. The maps and site survey sheets are arranged alphabetically by county name. The architectural check sheets, building plans, and contact prints are arranged alphabetically by town name. The architectural data cards and photographs are also arranged alphabetically by town name. Another section of photographs, the bulk of the collection, is arranged alphabetically by county name and then by type of building thereunder.

FOLDER LIST

Maps and site survey sheets

f. 1Project maps
f. 2-14Benton County
f. 15-25Henry County
f. 26-27Hickory County
f. 28-35St. Clair County

Architectural check sheets, building plans, and contact prints

f. 36Brownington
f. 37Clinton
f. 38-43Deepwater
f. 44Osceola
f. 45-49Roscoe

Architectural data cards and photographs

f. 50-51Brownington
f. 52-53Clinton
f. 54-83Deepwater
f. 84-89Osceola
f. 90-104Roscoe

Photographs

f. 105-156Benton County
f. 105-109"T" house types
f. 110-113"L" house types
f. 114-115"Saddlebag" house types
f. 116-117"Shotgun," "I" house types, and "Ozark"
f. 118Pyramid house types
f. 119"Bungalow A"
f. 120"Bungalow B," ranch, and 3-bay
f. 121-125Log houses and barns; corncribs
f. 126-136Animal, tool, and miscellaneous sheds
f. 137-138Outhouses
f. 139-140Garages
f. 141-142Chicken coops
f. 143-144Root cellars, granaries, and silos
f. 145-149Western barns
f. 150-151Churches, bridges, and schools
f. 152-156Micellany
f. 157-199Henry County
f. 157"Saddlebag" house types
f. 158-161"T" house types
f. 162-164"L" house types
f. 165"Bungalow A"
f. 166"Bungalow B," pyramid, and corncribs
f. 167-173Western barns
f. 174Log houses and tool and miscellaneous sheds
f. 175-183Tool and miscellaneous sheds
f. 184-185Outhouses
f. 186-188Garages
f. 189-191Chicken coops
f. 192-193Schools and animal sheds
f. 194"Ozark"
f. 195-196Root cellars
f. 197Bridges, churches, and miscellany
f. 198-199Miscellany
f. 200-202Hickory County
f. 200"T", bungalow A," and sheds
f. 201Outhouses, garages, houses, and barns
f. 202Houses, cellars, and schools
f. 203-236St. Clair County
f. 203"T" house types
f. 204-205"L" house types
f. 206-207"Saddlebag"
f. 208Pyramid
f. 209French Creole, corn belt, and ranch
f. 210"Bungalow A," "I," and Western barns
f. 211-212Western barns
f. 213Log houses
f. 214Corncribs
f. 215-224Sheds
f. 225Garages
f. 226-227Chicken coops
f. 228-229Root cellars
f. 230-231Outhouses
f. 232"Ozark"
f. 233-236Miscellany

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Architecture, Commercial
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Vernacular
  • Architecture--Designs and plans
  • Architecture--Details
  • Barns
  • Basements
  • Bear Creek School, Iconium, Missouri
  • Bridges
  • Chicken coops
  • Church architecture
  • Corncribs
  • Farm buildings
  • Fences
  • Folk architecture
  • Garages
  • Granaries
  • Harry S. Truman Reservoir, Missouri
  • Hartville School, Hickory County, MO
  • Historic buildings--Missouri
  • Houses
  • Log cabins & houses
  • Maps, Missouri
  • Missouri, Benton County
  • Missouri, Brownington
  • Missouri, Clinton
  • Missouri, Deepwater
  • Missouri, Fristoe
  • Missouri, Gaines
  • Missouri, Henry County
  • Missouri, Hermitage
  • Missouri, Hickory County
  • Missouri, Iconium
  • Missouri, Leesville
  • Missouri, Lowry City
  • Missouri, Monegaw Springs
  • Missouri, Osceola
  • Missouri, Roscoe
  • Missouri, Shawnee Bend
  • Missouri, St. Clair County
  • Missouri, St. Clair County, Jail
  • Missouri, Valhalla
  • Missouri, Vista
  • Missouri, Warsaw East
  • Missouri, Warsaw West
  • Mobile homes
  • Postal service, Buildings
  • Privies
  • Public buildings
  • School buildings
  • Sheds
  • Silage & silos
  • Stables
  • Wells
  • Windmills