Watkins Family Farm Historic District
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.
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Federal Designation
The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 07000376. It was listed on May 1, 2007.
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Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
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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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