this old house

Save This Old House in Fredericktown, MO Reduced to $49K

OHU50K Notes

$72,900  Reduced to $68,900 Reduced Again to $53,000 Reduced again to $49,000

Save this old house. I hope this home gets into the right hands. While the roof and brick pointing are a great start, the pillars are not historically appropriate.  You do have to love the two story porch and tower, though! The home is a beauty, but it needs a lot of interior love. Built in 1860, the brick structure sits on a corner lot opposite a brick church.

Save this old house. If these walls could talk, this historic home would share its rich history dating back to 1860. This unique, three-story house is looking for that perfect someone to put it back to its original glory and call this house a home. The architecture highlights a Queen Anne’s motif that was undoubtedly the most popular of the classical designs before the turn of the century. This home has already begun its restoration process as renovations of a new roof, windows and brick tuckpointing are complete. The original millwork has all been reserved and is awaiting its debut of being pieced back together. Come one, come all historic renovators!Per Property Listing

218 E College Ave, Fredericktown, MO, 63645.   $72,900  Reduced to $68,900 Reduced Again to $53,000 Reduced to $49,000

 

Family History

Starting with a newspaper clipping from 1946, I was able to backtrack and determine that the home was owned by Judge Robert A. Anthony (1861-1928), a lawyer with his own office, and his wife Jennie Wiley Anthony (1865 -1948) from at least the 1910s. The couple was married in 1888 and had no children but shared the house with Jennie’s mother, Belle Wiley, and a housekeeper Dimple Poque (love that name). Per the 1930 US Census, after Judge Anthony’s death in 1929, Jennie lived alone in the house, which was valued at $2700. By 1940, her grand-nephew, Truman Labrot, a proprietor at a beauty shop, had moved in. I assume Jennie lived in the home until her death in 1948.

 

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