406 South Broadway - Salisbury Square Historic District - Salisbury, MO - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

County of house: Chariton County
Location of house: 406 S. Broadway St., Salisbury
Date: circa 1903

"3. 406 South Broadway, circa 1903.
The one-and-a-half-story Queen Anne house has a northeast wrap-around front porch with a front pediment, stuccoed balustrade and stuccoed columns. Lower cross gables extend from the hipped roof on the north, east and south elevations. The irregular roofline includes dormers on the east and north and two brick chimneys. The windows are a combination of modern one-over-one double-hung sashes and a large Queen Anne picture window in the main façade. The stone foundation is coated with concrete and the roof is clad in asphalt shingles. The stucco cladding on the body of the house predates 1950. A modern single-car garage is attached to the rear of the house. The house without the garage appears in its current configuration on the 1910 Sanborn map." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

"3. 406 South Broadway, circa 1903. This house was built for Sydney and John Ownby around 1903. The Ownbys purchased a portion of this lot in 1902 from Harry Plattner, owner of the north adjacent property. W.H. Ownby was a lumber dealer, advertising his business in the 1897 Atlas as specializing in “all kinds of lumber and shelf hardware, posts, lath, lime, cement and paints.” ~ NRHP Nomination Form

"The Salisbury Square Historic District encompasses nine houses located along South Broadway between 4th and 6th Streets in Salisbury, Chariton County, Missouri. Eight of the houses are on the west side of Broadway, and one house is on the east side. The District has one non-contributing house and six noncontributing garages. The District is located one block south of Salisbury’s downtown on a block platted as Salisbury Square with the founding of the town in 1867. The contributing houses include Salisbury’s most intact cluster of Victorian-era houses. These buildings illustrate the spectrum of the Queen Anne architectural style constructed between the late 1800s thru the early 1900s, as well as historically significant alterations to these dwellings. While all of the contributing houses exhibit elements of the Queen Anne style, they range from simple footprints and restrained ornament to more elaborate designs for decoration and massing. Built for Salisbury’s merchant class, the dwellings reflect building trends popular during the town’s most important era of growth.

"The houses within the District occupy city lots of various widths, all oriented toward Broadway. The grade of each lot is level with the sidewalk. Concrete front walks connect each house to the public sidewalk on each side of Broadway. Mature deciduous trees line the grass easement strips that separate the yards from Broadway. Vacated alleys run behind each property.

"The neighborhood surrounding the District grew out of land donated to the City of Salisbury by town founder Lucius Salisbury. Individuals built single-family houses in the neighborhood sporadically during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The nominated properties reflect this organic development. Nearby houses include simple vernacular dwellings, grand late-Victorians, 1920s Tudor Revivals and Bungalows, and 1950s Commercial buildings. Within these diverse surroundings, the Salisbury Square Historic District retains a distinct connection to its 1870-1916 period of development with architecture that reflects its period of significance.

"The District extends from 4th Street to 6th Street along the west side and Broadway and includes one property on the east side of the street on the northeast corner of 5th Street and Broadway. The boundaries reflect a collection of intact Queen Anne houses that remain notable in form and design." ~ NRHP Nomination Form