Kritser House - Independence, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 39° 05.393 W 094° 24.893
15S E 377635 N 4327703
Historic house in Independence, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMBN3J
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
Views: 4

"The Kritser Home is significant [because] it is associated with the life and career of Martin U. Kritser, a person significant to the development and history of the town of Independence, Missouri and Jackson County, Missouri. The home is indicative of a style of American mid-Victorian frontier architecture familiar to middle class residents of west central Missouri during the years of the western migration and the Santa Fe trade. It is one of the few middle class residential structures of this period left in the Independence, Missouri old town area, that at one time comprised the bulk of this particular type of residential building stock of the town prior to the Civil War." -National Register Nomination form
Street address:
115 E. Walnut
Independence, Missouri


County / Borough / Parish: Jackson

Year listed: 1985

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1850-1874

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Vacant/Not In Use

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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