National Register of Historic Places

Watkins Family Farm Historic District

Raymore, Cass County, Missouri
Listed
May 1, 2007
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
07000376

About this property

Watkins Family Farm Historic District, also known as Lakeland Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Raymore, Cass County, Missouri. The farm includes 18 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and 21 contributing structures dated between about 1868 and 1957. They include three residential buildings, eight barns, three machine and implement sheds, four wells, ten dams and ponds, and a number of ancillary structures such as a milk house, a pump house, an outhouse, a silo, two corn bins, two chicken coops, three cattle feeder structures, and a cattle loading ramp. The Allen-Watkins Residence was built in 1913, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Prairie School style frame dwelling built from the Sears and Roebuck Company prefabricated kit for Sears House Plan #227, "The Castleton." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Location

19116 S. School rd.
Raymore, Cass County, Missouri
38.77617, -94.46373

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When was Watkins Family Farm Historic District listed on the National Register?

Watkins Family Farm Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Watkins Family Farm Historic District?

Watkins Family Farm Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Watkins Family Farm Historic District?

The period of significance for Watkins Family Farm Historic District is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1868.

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