Gaddis, Merrill E. ( -1958), Collection, 1941-1955 (C3961)

1.8 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The Merrill E. Gaddis Collection consists of term papers about historical houses in Missouri, written by students of Gaddis for his course, History of the South, at Central Methodist College in Fayette, Missouri.

DONOR INFORMATION

Florence Lyon Gaddis donated her late husband's papers to the State Historical Society of Missouri in 1960. The collection was transferred to the manuscript division on June 28, 1991 (SHS Accession No. 2842).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Merrill Gaddis taught history at Central Methodist College in Fayette, Missouri, from 1929 until his death on January 16, 1958.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Merrill Gaddis Collection consists of term papers that document historic houses in Missouri. It is arranged alphabetically by county and, within each county, alphabetically by name of residence. Cross references are in the folder list for homes referred to by more than one name. The term papers range from in-depth historical examinations to simple essays.

Sources include family histories and genealogical information about the original builders, county histories, newspapers, personal interviews, anecdotes and legends, cemetery and tombstone records, deeds, ownership transactions, wills, court records, brochures, maps, descriptions of the architectural features, hand-drawn sketches, illustrations, and floor plans. Some documents were photocopied for preservation purposes. Whenever possible the originals have been retained.

Photographs show owners, the interiors and exteriors of the houses, furnishings, surrounding property, and outbuildings. The photographs have been numbered sequentially and their quality varies. The majority of photographs are black and white and their sizes range from two inches square to eight by ten.

Some photographs were removed and placed in the files of the Missouri Historical Review before the collection was transferred. An alphabetical index of the collection by house name follows this inventory.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1Andrew County, Benjamin Holt Home, May 17, 1949
f. 2Audrain County, Pasqueth Home, May 1949
f. 3Boone County, Dimmitt House, 1948
f. 4Boone County, Gaw House, 1947
f. 5Boone County, Pipes Homestead, 1947
f. 6Buchanan County, N. B. Miller House, 1950
f. 7Buchanan County, James Alfred Owens Home, 1947
f. 8Callaway County, Mode Payne House, May 20, 1950
f. 9Callaway County, Robertson-Thurmond House, May 20, 1950
f. 10Callaway County, Augusta Hockaday House, May 21, 1951
f. 11Cape Girardeau County, Elmwood, May 1950
f. 12Cass County, R. A. Brown House, May 1955
f. 13Chariton County, William E. Hill Home, May 15, 1955
f. 14Clay County, The Cedars, May 16, 1955
f. 15Clay County, Oak Ridge Manor, May 1955
f. 16Clay County, Watkins Mill, January 9, 1947
f. 17Clinton County, John K. Lincoln Home, May 19, 1942
f. 18Cole County, the Bayse House, May 21, 1949
f. 19Cooper County, the Burge House, 1950
f. 20Cooper County, William Andrew Hurt House, 1950
f. 21Cooper County, Jail, 1945
f. 22Cooper County, McFadden Home, 1955
f. 23Cooper County, McPherson Home, 1952
f. 24Cooper County, McPherson Home, May 15, 1953
f. 25Cooper County, Penick House, 1950
f. 26Cooper County, Perry-Benedict Home, 1945
f. 27Cooper County, Ravenswood Farm, May 23, 1947
f. 28Cooper County, Ravenswood Farm, 1955
f. 29Cooper County, Stammerjohn House, May 20, 1950
f. 30Cooper County, Steinmetz Home, 1945
f. 31Cooper County, Tevis Trail, June 6, 1944
f. 32Cooper County, Thespian Hall, February 16, 1944
f. 33Cooper County, Trigg House, 1945
f. 34Cooper County, Van Ravenswaay House, May 23, 1947
f. 35Cooper County, Marcus Williams Home, August 8, 1949
f. 36Franklin County, Livingston Call Home, May 21, 1947
f. 37Franklin County, Flavius J. North Home, May 20, 1950
f. 38Franklin County, Owens House, 1955
f. 39Franklin County, Thomas Wood Home, August 8, 1949
f. 40Grundy County, Thompson Place, May 1955
f. 41Henry County, J. G. Dorman Home, May 1953
f. 42Howard County, Becker House, 1945
f. 43Howard County, Bedford Place, May 19, 1942
f. 44Howard County, Houses of Bethel, 1950
Bethel Church
Henry Clay Muir House
Mobley House
James Simpson House
John Simpson House
Taylor Farmhouse
Tolson House
f. 45Howard County, Birch House, 1950
f. 46Howard County, Blankenbaker Home, May 21, 1949 See also f. 49, 50, 75, 76
f. 47Howard County, Burckhartt House, May 1946
f. 48Howard County, George Carson Home, 1950
f. 49Howard County, Cedar Grove, May 20, 1950 See also f. 46, 75 and 76
f. 50Howard County, Cedar Grove, May 14, 1953
f. 51Howard County, Cedar Grove, April 9, 1951 (Payne Family home, different than f. 50)
f. 52Howard County, Chilton Place, 1949
f. 53Howard County, Clark Home, April 15, 1949
f. 54Howard County, Crews Place, May 27, 1941
f. 55Howard County, Darby Place, May 15, 1953
f. 56Howard County, Davis House, 1949
f. 57Howard County, Elmwood, May 21, 1949
f. 58Howard County, Fairview, May 21, 1949
f. 59Howard County, Fairview, May 21, 1951
f. 60Howard County, Glen Eden, 1949
f. 61Howard County, Glen Eden, 1950
f. 62Howard County, Grimes House, 1950
f. 63Howard County, Hardeman's Garden, n.d.
f. 64Howard County, Harrison Home
John Harrison House
Jackson House
Swinney House (four houses researched in one term paper)
f. 65Howard County, John Harrison Home, June 7, 1944
f. 66Howard County, John Harrison House, 1942
f. 67Howard County, William C. Harvey Home, 1942
f. 68Howard County, Hazelhurst, May 27, 1946
f. 69Howard County, Hazel Ridge, 1950
f. 70Howard County, William Hocker Home, May 21, 1949
f. 71Howard County, Morrison Hughes Home, n.d.
f. 72Howard County, Huntington Hall, 1949
f. 73Howard County, Larrance Jackson Home, 1945
f. 74Howard County, Jackson Home, July 8, 1949 See also f. 64
f. 75Howard County, Horace Kingsbury Home, May 30, 1947 See also f. 46, 49, 50
f. 76Howard County, Horace Kingsbury Home, 1947
f. 77Howard County, Lilburn Kingsbury Home, May 23, 1947
f. 78Howard County, Henry Knaus House, May 23, 1951
f. 79Howard County, Will Lockridge Place, May 15, 1953
f. 80Howard County, Lutz Place, May 21, 1951
f. 81Howard County, Montague House, 1950
f. 82Howard County, James Morrison House, n.d.
f. 83Howard County, Oakwood, 1945
f. 84Howard County, Oakwood, 1945
f. 85Howard County, Oakwood, July 30, 1950
f. 86Howard County, Sinclair Page House, May 16, 1955
f. 87Howard County, Parrish Home, n.d.
f. 88Howard County, Payne House, 1945
f. 89Howard County, John Payne House, May 27, 1941
f. 90Howard County, Red Stone Hall, May 27, 1941
f. 91Howard County, Rethwisch Home, 1955
f. 92Howard County, Riverside, May 16, 1955
f. 93Howard County, Thomas Schackleford House, May 1942
f. 94Howard County, Spence Home, May 21, 1951
f. 95Howard County, Sugar Grove, May 23, 1950
f. 96Howard County, Sunnyside, May 15, 1953
f. 97Howard County, Sylvan Villa, 1945
f. 98Howard County, Talbot Home, 1950
f. 99Howard County, James Thompson House, 1950
f. 100Howard County, James Thompson House, 1950
f. 101Howard County, Todd Home, August 8, 1949
f. 102Howard County, Talton Turner House, May 18, 1942
f. 103Howard County, Talton Turner House, May 21, 1949
f. 104Howard County, John D. Wisely House, 1949
f. 105Iron County, Russell Family homes, 1955
Cyrus Russell Home
Russell children home
Russell family cemetery
Lindsay-Emerson Home
Arcadia Institute
Ironton Presbyterian Church
Fort Davidson Battlefield Site
f. 106Jackson County, Wornall House, May 15, 1953
f. 107Johnson County, Henry Cooper Home, 1945
f. 108Lafayette County, Anderson Mansion, August 8, 1949
f. 109Lafayette County, Chadwick Home, 1949
f. 110Lafayette County, Dinwiddie House, May 15, 1953
f. 111Lafayette County, James Hicklin Home, May 20, 1949
f. 112Lafayette County, Hicklin Hearthstone, n.d.
f. 113Lafayette County, Linwood Lawn, May 18, 1953
f. 114Lafayette County, Rankin Home, May 16, 1949
f. 115Lafayette County, Waverly, 1950
f. 116Lincoln County, Eagle Fork Farm, 1955
f. 117Macon County, Major Bean House, 1949
f. 118Marion County, Barkley Home, 1950
f. 119Marion County, Osterhout Home, May 15, 1953
f. 120Monroe County, Allen House, May 1955
f. 121Montgomery County, Silvester Baker Home, May 1949
f. 122Montgomery County, Silvester Baker Home, May 2, 1950
f. 122aMontgomery County, Robert Graham Homestead, n.d.
f. 123Pettis County, Crawford Home, 1950
f. 124Pettis County, Gentry Home, 1950
f. 125Pike County, Watson Place, December 1948
f. 126Platte County, Paxton Home, ca. 1948
f. 127Ralls County, Bell Home, 1950
f. 128Randolph County, Mayo Home, 1950
f. 129Saline County, John L. Hardeman House, 1950
f. 130Saline County, Murrell Home, 1950
f. 131Saline County, Prairie Park, 1945
f. 132Saline County, Prairie Park, 1950
f. 133Saline County, Dr. William Price Home, May 15, 1953
f. 134Saline County, Thomas Home, 1945
f. 135Saline County, Urich-Hogge Home, May 8, 1946
f. 136Shelby County, Benjamin House, 1955
f. 137 St. Charles County, Bowman House, 1950
f. 138St. Genevieve County, Valle Rozier House, May 16, 1955
f. 139St. Louis City/County, Case House, May 1955
f. 140St. Louis City/County, Clark Plantation, 1950
f. 141St. Louis City/County, Clineshor House, April 28, 1953
f. 142St. Louis City/County, DeMenil House, August 8, 1949
f. 143St. Louis City/County, Hanley Home, May 1949
f. 144St. Louis City/County, Helfenstein House, May 21, 1950
f. 145St. Louis City/County, White House, 1945
f. 146Warren County, Schowengerdt House, May 1955
f. 147Washington County, Jane Thompson House, May 21, 1949
f. 148Worth County, Worth County history, January 1948

A

Allen House, Monroe Countyf. 120
Anderson Mansion, Lafayette Countyf. 108

B

Baker, Silvester Home, Montgomery Countyf. 121, 122
Barkley Home, Macon Countyf. 118
Bayse House, Cole Countyf. 18
Bean, Major House, Macon Countyf. 117
Becker House, Howard Countyf. 42
Bedford Home, Howard County f. 43
Bell Home, Ralls Countyf. 127
Benjamin House, Shelby Countyf. 136
Bethel Houses, Howard Countyf. 44
Birch House, Howard Countyf. 45
Blankenbaker Home, Howard Countyf. 46
Bowman House, St. Charles Countyf. 137
Brown, R. A. House, Cass Countyf. 12
Burckhartt House, Howard County f. 47
Burge House, Cooper Countyf. 19

C

Carson, George Home, Howard County f. 48
Case House, St. Louisf. 139
Cedar Grove, Howard Countyf. 49, 50
Cedar Grove (Payne), Howard Countyf. 51
Cedars, The, Clay Countyf. 14
Chadwick Home, Lafayette County f. 109
Chilton Place, Howard County f. 52
Clark Home, Howard County f. 53
Clark Plantation, St. Louisf. 140
Clineshor House, St. Louisf. 141
Cooper, Henry Home, Johnson Countyf. 107
Crawford Home, Pettis Countyf. 123
Crew's Place, Howard County f. 54

D

Darby Place, Howard County f. 55
Davis, Colonel House, Howard Countyf. 56
DeMenil House, St. Louisf. 142
Dimmitt Home, Boone Countyf. 3
Dinwiddie House, Lafayette Countyf. 110
Dorman, J. G. Home, Henry Countyf. 41

E

Eagle Fork Farm, Lincoln Countyf. 116
Elmwood, Cape Girardeau Countyf. 11
Elmwood, Howard Countyf. 57

F-G

Fairview, Howard Countyf. 58, 59
Gall, Livingston Home, Franklin Countyf. 36
Gaw House, Boone Countyf. 4
Gentry Home, Pettis Countyf. 124
Glen Eden, Howard Countyf. 60, 61
Graham, Robert, Homestead, Montgomery Countyf. 122a
Grimes House, Howard Countyf. 62

H

Hanley Home, St. Louisf. 143
Hardeman, John Locke House, Saline Countyf. 129
Hardeman's Garden, Howard Countyf. 63
Harrison, John Home, Howard Countyf. 65
Harrison Home, Howard Countyf. 64
Harrison, John House, Howard Countyf. 66
Harvey, William Crosswhite Home, Howard Countyf. 67
Hazel Ridge, Howard Countyf. 69
Hazelhurst, Howard Countyf. 68
Helfenstein House, St. Louisf. 144
Hicklin, James Home, Lafayette Countyf. 112
Hicklin Hearthstone, Lafayette Countyf. 111
Hill, William E. House, Chariton Countyf. 13
Hockaday, Augusta House, Callaway Countyf. 10
Hocker, William Home, Howard Countyf. 70
Holt, Benjamin Home, Andrew Countyf. 1
Hughes, Morrison Home, Howard Countyf. 71
Huntington Hall, Howard Countyf. 72
Hurt, William Andrew House, Cooper Countyf. 20

J

Jackson Home, Howard Countyf. 74
Jackson House, Howard Countyf. 64
Jackson, Larrence Home, Howard Countyf. 73
Jail, Cooper Countyf. 21

K

Kingsbury, Lilburn Home, Howard Countyf. 77
Kingsbury, Horace Home, Howard Countyf. 75, 76
Knaus, Henry House, Howard Countyf. 78

L

Lincoln, John K. Home, Clinton Countyf. 17
Linwood Lawn, Lafayette County f. 113
Lockridge, Will Place, Howard Countyf. 79
Lutz Place, Howard Countyf. 80

M

Mayo Home, Randolph Countyf. 128
McFadden Home, Cooper Countyf. 22
McPherson Home, Cooper Countyf. 23, 24
Miller, N. B. House, Buchanan Countyf. 6
Montague House, Howard Countyf. 81
Morrison, James House, Howard Countyf. 82
Murrell Home, Saline Countyf. 130

N-O

North, Flavius J. Home, Franklin Countyf. 37
Oak Ridge Manor, Clay Countyf. 15
Oakwood, Howard Countyf. 83, 84, 85
Osterhout House, Macon Countyf. 119
Owens, James Alfred Home, Buchanan Countyf. 7
Owens House, Franklin Countyf. 38

P

Page, Sinclair House, Howard Countyf. 86
Parrish Home, Howard Countyf. 87
Pasqueth Home, Audrain Countyf. 2
Paxton Home, Platte Countyf. 126
Payne, John House, Howard Countyf. 89
Payne, Mode House, Callaway Countyf. 8
Payne House, Howard Countyf. 88
Penick House, Cooper County f. 25
Perry-Benedict Home, Cooper Countyf. 26
Pipes Homestead, Boone Countyf. 5
Prairie Park, Saline Countyf. 131, 132
Price, Dr. William Home, Saline Countyf. 133

R

Rankin Home, Lafayette Countyf. 114
Ravenswood Farm, Cooper Countyf. 27, 28
Red Stone Hall, Howard Countyf. 90
Rethwisch Home, Howard Countyf. 91
Riverside, Howard Countyf. 92
Robertson-Thurmond House, Callaway Countyf. 9
Russell Family Homes, Iron Countyf. 105

S

Schackelford House, Howard Countyf. 93
Schowengerdt House, Warren Countyf. 146
Spence Home, Howard Countyf. 94
Stammerjohn House, Cooper Countyf. 29
Steinmetz Home, Cooper Countyf. 30
Sugar Grove, Howard Countyf. 95
Sunnyside, Howard Countyf. 96
Swinney House, Howard Countyf. 64
Sylvan Villa, Howard Countyf. 97

T

Talbot Home, Howard Countyf. 98
Tevis Trail, Cooper Countyf. 31
Thespian Hall, Cooper Countyf. 32
Thomas Home, Saline Countyf. 134
Thompson, James House, Howard Countyf. 99
Thompson, Jane House, Washington Countyf. 147
Thompson Place, Grundy Countyf. 40
Thompson, James S. House, Howard Countyf. 100
Todd Home, Howard Countyf. 101
Trigg House, Cooper Countyf. 33
Turner, Talton House, Howard Countyf. 102, 103

U-V

Urich-Hogge Home, Saline Countyf. 135
Valle Rozier House, St. Genevieve Countyf. 138
Van Ravenswaay House, Cooper Countyf. 34

W

Watkins Mill, Clay Countyf. 16
Watson Place, Pike Countyf. 125
Waverly, Lafayette Countyf. 115
White House, St. Louisf. 145
Wiley, John D. House, Howard Countyf. 104
Williams, Marcus Home, Cooper Countyf. 35
Wood, Thomas Home, Franklin Countyf. 39
Wornall House, Jackson Countyf. 106
Worth County history, Worth Countyf. 148

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.

  • Caves--Missouri, Montgomery County
  • Darby Place, Howard County, Missouri
  • Davis, House, Howard County, Missouri
  • DeMenil House, St. Louis, MO
  • Dimmitt Home, Rocheport, Boone County, Missouri
  • Dining rooms
  • Dinwiddie House, Lafayette County, Missouri
  • Dinwiddie Rendezvous, Lafayette County, Missouri
  • Doors
  • Dorman, J.G., Home, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri
  • Eagle Fork Farm, Lincoln County, Missouri
  • Elmwood, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • Elmwood, Howard County, Missouri
  • Fairview Howard County, Missouri
  • Fences
  • Fireplaces
  • Floors
  • Foundations
  • Furnaces
  • Furniture
  • Gaddis, Merrill E. ( -1958)
  • Gall, Livingston, Home, Franklin County, MO
  • Gaw House, Rocheport, Boone County, MO
  • Gentry Home, Pettis County, MO
  • Glen Eden, Howard County, MO
  • Greek revival (Architecture)
  • Graham Cave, Missouri
  • Graham House, Montgomery County, Missouri
  • Graham, Robert
  • Grimes House, Howard County, MO
  • Hanley Home, St. Louis, MO
  • Hardeman, John L., House, Saline County, MO
  • Hardeman?s Garden, Howard County, MO
  • Harrison Home, Howard County, MO
  • Harrison, John, Home, Howard County, MO
  • Harvey, William C., Home, Howard County, MO
  • Hazel Ridge, Howard County, MO
  • Hazelhurst, Howard County, MO
  • Helfenstein House, St. Louis, MO
  • Hicklin Hearthstone, Lafayette County, MO
  • Hicklin, James, Home, Lafayette County, MO
  • Hill, William E., Home, Keytesville, Chariton County, MO
  • Historic buildings--Missouri
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Andrew County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Audrain County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Boone County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Buchanan County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Callaway County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Cape Girardeau County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Cass County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Chariton County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Clay County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Clinton County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Cole County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Cooper County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Franklin County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Grundy County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Henry County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Howard County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Iron County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Jackson County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Johnson County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Lafayette County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Lincoln County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Macon County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Marion County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Monroe County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Montgomery County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Pettis County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Pike County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Ralls County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Randolph County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Saline County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Shelby County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, St. Charles County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, St. Louis City/County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Ste. Genevieve County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Warren County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Washington County
  • Historic buildings--Missouri, Worth County
  • Hockaday, Augusta, House, Callaway County, MO
  • Hocker, William, Home, Howard County, MO
  • Holt, Benjamin, Home, Andrew County, MO
  • Hughes, Morrison, Home, Howard County, MO
  • Huntington Hall, Howard County, MO
  • Hurt, William Andrew, House, Cooper County, MO
  • Ice houses
  • Ironton Presbyterian Church, Ironton, Iron County, MO
  • Ironwork
  • Jackson Home, Howard County, MO
  • Jackson, Larrance, Home, Howard County, MO
  • Kingsbury, Horace Milton (1873-1954)
  • Kingsbury, Horace, Home, Howard County, MO
  • Kingsbury, Lilburn Adkin (1884-1983)
  • Kingsbury, Lilburn, House, Howard County, MO
  • Kitchens
  • Knaus, Henry, House, Howard County, MO
  • Libraries (Rooms)
  • Lincoln, John K., Home, Clinton County, MO
  • Lindsay-Emerson House, Ironton, Iron County, MO
  • Linwood Lawn, Lafayette County, MO
  • Lockridge, Will, Place, Howard County, MO
  • Log building
  • Lutz Place, Howard County, MO
  • Mayo Home, Randolph County, MO
  • McFadden Home, Boonville, Cooper County, MO
  • McPherson Home, Boonville, Cooper County, MO