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Central Park Historic District

Draper-Stevens House 1854 Italianate Zachariah Draper, Hannibal's first postmaster built this house.  Benjamin Q. Stevens, one of Hannibal's first Dentists, lived here.  
Trinity Episcopal Church Gothic Revival  Constructed c1858-1860  The stone face dormers were added in the later nineteenth century.  The top of the tower was given by Mrs. John H. Garth in memory of her husband, a prominent lumber baron. One of the windows is Tiffany and the dormer windows were designed by Emil Frei of St. Louis.  Three other windows were designed by Charles Booth of London.
McDonald Double House 1902 Queen Anne The lot was the site of the United Presbyterian Church built in 1837.  In 1859 it became the Court of Common Pleas.  A fire that destroyed the house next door damaged the current house.  It has been beautifully restored.
J. B. Brown House 1870 Italianate J.B. Brown came to Hannibal in 1832.  He built several houses in town with California Gold Rush money.  Note the cast iron and wrought iron fences and the cupola on top.  Brown's grandson, Dr. Barrett Brown, born in this house, became nationally known for his pioneering work in the treatment of burns during World War II.
Kerchival-Lakenan-Lathrop House 1844 Greek Revival Robert F. Lakenan and John Lentner Lathrop were officers in the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.  The Missouri towns of Lakeman, Lentner, and Lathrop are all named for these two men.
Burger-Youse House 1843 Mixed/Greek Revival This house has been altered many times and was heavily damaged by a fire in the 1980's.  It has been restored as a bed and breakfast.
South Dubach Rental 1879 Italianate Built by Frederick Dubach as a rental.  Houses built as rentals were built with great pride and some are Hannibal's finest homes.
Col. Sherman T. Potter House 1922 Prairie Although Sherman T. Potter of MASH fame was fictitious, research show that if he were real, this is the house he would have lived in.  The Potter character was from Hannibal.
Edwin T. Bridgford House 1878 Italianate Bridgford was a grocer.
W. B. Pettibone House 1889 Queen Anne Built by the lumberman Pettibone, it is now a bed and breakfast.  Pettibone philanthropies include Riverview Park.  The house has fine interiors.
John T. Davis House 1865 Italianate Davis was part owner of the Illinois Ferry and became partners with John Garth in the lumber business.
Pettibone-Trowbridge House 1896 Queen Anne Built by Albert Pettibone, brother of Wilson B. Pettibone, the philanthropist.
J. O. Green House 1895 Chateauesque Green was a saloonkeeper and lumberman.  It is the only Chateauesque house in Hannibal.
Fifth Street Baptist Church 1893 Romanesque Revival  J.C. Sunderland was the architect for this Church.  The present congregation dates from an 1869 merger of two other Baptist churches.
David Dubach House This Victorian was built around 1871 by David and Emmaline Dubach. The architecture of the house is a combination of Italianate Villa and Second Empire. It features a tower essential to the Italianate Villa and a mansard roof typical of Second Empire. It is currently the home of The Dubach Inn Bed and Breakfast.
Sarah Jane Pitts Double House 1901 Queen Anne Vernacular Built as an investment.  This house was restored in 1994.  It had been near death.
Lamb-Munger House 1859 Italianate This large house was built by Alfred Lamb, Vice-President of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad.  Later Lyman P. Munger co-owner of the Hannibal Lime Company owned it.
First Presbyterian Church 1895 Gothic Revival  The congregation of this church originated in 1832, was split during the Civil War, and reunited in 1873.
John L. RoBards House 1871 Italianate RoBards, who built this large house, was a long time friend of Mark Twain.  Note the large cupola on top and the quoins at the corners of the house.  Mark Twain visited here in 1902.  Now it is the home of a bed and breakfast.  
Marion Brown House 1854 Greek Revival Brown, brother of J. B. Brown, built this house with Gold Rush money. Brown was Hannibal's most prominent physician.  Also called the Admiral Coontz House because the Admiral was born here in 1864.
Frank P. Hearne House 1871 Italianate Hearne was Joseph Rowe's lumbering partner and father of Dr. Joseph Hearne, implicated in the 1888 unsolved murder of Amos Stillwell.  
Shackelford-Worrell House 1841 Greek Revival Built before the Civil War, the brick on the front is a Flemish bond and the rest of the house is a common bond.  Inside are ionic and covalent bonds.
Old High School 1862 Mixed Victorian Also the Owsley-Logan House.  A high school from 1866-1877 and 1881-1886.  The Logan family was in the shoemaking business.  This house contains features of many different house styles.

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