Maclay Mansion - Tipton, MO
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N 38° 39.567 W 092° 46.908
15S E 518984 N 4279009
“Like stepping into the past” - House has original furnishings in all seventeen rooms, dating from mid-1800s. Tour guides give history of house and its inhabitants.
Waymark Code: WMKT47
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2014
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County of site: Moniteau County
Location of site: 209 Howard St., Tipton
Marker on site:
Built in 1858 as a school for girls called "Rose Hill", which closed with the advent of the Civil War, this 17-room home was headquarters for Union General John C. Fremont in October, 1861. Purchased by the Greim/Maclay family in 1865, it served as a family home until given to the friends of the Maclay Home, Inc. in 1983. The house, on the national Register of Historic Places since 1979, stands as an historic reminder of the vigorous frontier growth associated with the coming of the railroad to Central Missouri."
~ The Tipton Jaycees and the Friends of the Maclay Home, Inc. - 1985
"30th Annual Ice Cream Social with pulled pork lunch at historic Maclay Home, 209 W. Howard, Tipton. Musical entertainment on grounds, patriotic readings throughout day, country store. Tours of 3-story Home built in 1858 with 17 rooms of original furnishings. Adults $5. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tours Noon until 2 p.m. Ice cream and homemade cakes 11:30 to 3 p.m." ~ ZVents