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Maple Avenue Historic District

 

Rockcliffe Mansion 1898 Greek Revival built by John J. Cruickshank, Jr. it was the last and biggest of the great homes built by lumbermen.  Rockcliffe was abandoned for forty years before being restored by local families just weeks before it was to be torn down as a safety hazard in the 1960s.
Sumner T. McKnight House 1877 Italianate/Eastlake Built by Hogg and Shedd for McKnight, this house was moved from the  Rockcliffe site to make way for Rockcliffe.  The house faces Bird St.  The daughter of John J. Cruickshank married Milton Knighton, president of White Star Laundry, and the couple lived in this house for many years.  The house was donated to the Hannibal Arts Council who later sold it to private owners.  It is wonderfully restored.
Clayton House  1892 Queen Anne This house has undergone several alterations through the years but maintains its integrity. George D. Clayton was active in real estate and insurance as well as many civic groups.  Mark Twain dined here on his last visit to Hannibal in 1902.
John C. and Elizabeth West House 1904 Colonial Revival Note the Palladian shaped dormer with miniature pilasters.  The porch is a  well-done recreation of the Colonial Revival style.  John was a traveling salesman at the time but later was manager of the Miller Shoe Company.  They lived in this house until the early 1940's.
Cliffside  Built by Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw for philanthropist W. B. Pettibone.  Pettibone lived here until his death in 1946.  Pettibone donated land for parks, schools, hospitals, etc.
Andrew Settles House  1872 Second Empire Settles, a dry goods merchant, built this house.  His wife had the porch added in 1910.
Doyle-Mounce House 1880 Second Empire Built by railroadman Doyle, this house was embellished by lumberman John W. Mounce who was an officer in the Hannibal National Bank.
Lyman P. Jackson House 1891 Queen Anne This Queen Anne is partially hidden by the Art Deco porches.  Jackson was manager of the Hannibal Sash and Door Factory.  This house is filled with quality woodwork.  Later, Theodore Rendlen, president of Rendlen Liquor Co. lived in this house.
Ebert-Dulany House  1865 Second Empire  This was built by William Ebert, publisher of the Hannibal Courier.  It was purchased by George William Dulany, manager of the Empire Lumber Co.  Today this house is used as a law office.
John A. Sydney House 1892 Queen Anne Sydney was a bookkeeper for Herriman and Curd Lumber Co.
Logan-Gore House 1896 Queen Anne John Logan Sr. (1819-1901) ran the Bluff City Shoe Co. Roberta Adelaide Gore moved here in 1902.

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