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

County of house: Chariton County
Location of house: 504 S. Broadway St., Salisbury
Date: circa 1870

"7. 504 South Broadway, circa 1870.
The large two-and-a-half-story house began as a much simpler form and evolved to its present Queen Anne style. The house has an irregular footprint that changed over time, according to local history. A south front gable and northeast octagonal three-story tower dominate the front façade. The tower has a pyramidal roof and metal finial. A squared two-story bay extends beneath the north gable. A chamfered bay projects from the south side. Return cornices on the east and north gables match those on 408 S. Broadway. The house retains several original double-hung and stained glass windows. A circa 1940 columned porch with a brick foundation spans the façade and wraps around the northeast corner of the house. The west side has a one-story extension. The roof has asphalt shingles and two brick chimneys. The foundation is stone. The house is clad in vinyl siding and has decorative shutters. A single garage sits behind the house. The 1910 Sanborn Map shows the house in its current configuration, except for the circa 1940 front porch. It also appears on the 1897 atlas. Renovations likely began in 1885 and continued until around 1890, when a kitchen extension was removed from the north side." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

7. 504 South Broadway, circa 1870 with later additions. The two-room farmhouse Judge Lucius Salisbury built in this location around 1870 also served for a time as the town’s post office and the Stop Awhile Inn for travelers. Local histories refer to this dwelling as the “old Salisbury house.” It expanded during the mid-1880s when Harriet Salisbury began taking out mortgages on the property. Salisbury resident Aubry Fellows, born in 1885, moved into the house as a very young boy and lived there for several decades. The Salisburys moved away in 1892, and the Fellows family rented rooms to students." ~ 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