Coordinates: 38°18′13″N 90°22′48″W / 38.30361°N 90.38000°W / 38.30361; -90.38000

Gustave Greystone-Meissner House

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Gustave Greystone-Meissner House
File:Greystone, Pevely, Jefferson County, MO.tif
Gustave Greystone-Meissner House in 1940
Nearest cityNortheast of Pevely off U.S. Route 61, Pevely, Missouri
Coordinates38°18′13″N 90°22′48″W / 38.30361°N 90.38000°W / 38.30361; -90.38000
Area189 acres (76 ha)
Builtc. 1845 (1845), 1875
Built byWilliams, Ephraim
ArchitectHertnel, J.H.
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.74001078[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1974

Gustave Greystone-Meissner House, also known as Greystone and Evergreen Hill, is a historic home and national historic district located near Pevely, Jefferson County, Missouri. Greystone was built about 1845, and is a two-story, asymmetrical plan, Gothic Revival style frame dwelling. It sits on a limestone block foundation and measures 48 feet, 1 1/2 inches, wide and 39 feet, 1 inch deep. It has a steeply pitched gable roof with dormers and features Carpenter Gothic wood cut-work, finials and drops. Also on the property is the contributing Gustave Meissner House. It was built in 1875, and is 1+12-story, L-shaped, frame dwelling with a steeply pitched cross-gable roof.[2]: 5–7  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. M. Patricia Holmes (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gustave Greystone-Meissner House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 19 photographs from 1974)

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