John Augustus Hockaday House - Fulton, MO
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N 38° 50.515 W 091° 56.896
15S E 591274 N 4299759
Callaway County, being Southern in sympathies, hurt Republican Hockaday's political career more than once.
Waymark Code: WM10B6Y
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2019
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County of house: Callaway County
Loction of house: Hockaday Ave., S. of Hockaday Park, Fulton
Built: 1863
Architectural style: Italianate
Builder: John Augustus Hockaday
"Throughout its history the Hockaday House has been a landmark in Fulton, Missouri. It sits
prominently on a hill overlooking the Stinson Creek and the original town of Fulton. During
the summer months the house is well-shaded and although it is now situated close to other
residences built to the south within the last 20 years, the north side of the lot is large,
grassy and evokes a pastoral feeling. In addition, a city park, given to the city of Fulton
by the Hockaday family, is located beyond the property line to the northeast. During the
winter months, there is a clear vista that spans between the Hockaday House on the hill and
the Tucker houses on the north end of Court Street at the other end of town.
"... the house also reflects elements of the new Italianate style of architecture which
had reached Missouri by the late 1850's. Elements of this newer style may be seen in the
center gable on the primary (north) facade, the decorative eave brackets, the most
characteristic feature of the Italianate style, and tall, narrow, segmental arch windows
with ornamental cast iron lintels with rosettes at the corners, guilloche motifs in the
friezes, and acanthus leaf brackets. The two-story high bay window on the east bay of
the main facade continues the trend toward asymmetry, and this, along with the prominent,
"picturesque" chimneys decorated with a sort of "petticoat" trim also reinforces the
Italianate flavor of the building as opposed to the more austere Greek Revival style. ..." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
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