National Register of Historic Places

Keet-McElhany House

Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
Listed
March 22, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84002545

About this property

Keet-McElhany House is a historic home located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was built in 1881, and enlarged in 1886, and remodeled in 1900. It is a three-story, brick dwelling featuring two dormer bedrooms and a library on the third floor and reflects Italianate and Queen Anne style design elements. It features a multi-hipped and gable roof, porch with a projecting gable, and two round corner towers. It is ornamented with plaster work decorating exterior surfaces of the porch and gables. The stained glass inserts in the front French doors feature female figures in a Greek style, and opens onto a grand staircase leading to a sitting area on the second floor. The lower level features twelve-foot ceilings throughout, with ten-foot French doors leading into a formal front parlor adjacent to the formal dining room, which is lit by a large original bay window. The second floor has ten-foot ceilings in the front of the house, and a marble bathroom, as well as a secondary bathroom. Marble fireplaces adorn three of the sitting rooms on the first floor, and coordinating tile fireplaces in coral and teal grace the front parlor as well as a second floor anteroom attached to one of the two second floor bedrooms. The second upstairs bed has an attached sunroom overlooking the front corner of the lot. The kitchen features a butler’s pantry. There is a detached summer kitchen which has been converted into a guest house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Location

435 E. Walnut St.
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
37.20677, -93.28913

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When was Keet-McElhany House listed on the National Register?

Keet-McElhany House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Keet-McElhany House?

Keet-McElhany House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Keet-McElhany House is recorded as the industrial era.

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