The Wilhite House - Salisbury, MO - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

County of house: Chariton County
Location of house: 402 S. Broadway St., Salisbury
Date: circa 1906

"1. 402 South Broadway, circa 1906.
The two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne house occupies a corner lot on the north edge of the District. The house is an excellent example of the Free Classic decorative subtype. Cross-gables project on the north and south sides and a small section of metal crests the ridgeline of the hipped roof. The east façade has a gable dormer. A two-story tower in the northeast corner has a frieze ornamented with swags and a flared metal roof with a metal finial. The tower’s first story is octagonal and the second story is round. A rectangular porch spans most of the east façade and a curved porch projects from the north elevation. Tuscan columns support both porches. Upper porch balustrades were removed after 1967. Most of the double-hung windows have eight-paned star configurations in the upper sashes. The upper sashes in the three windows of the turret’s second story are leaded glass. The house has a sandstone block foundation and an asphalt roof. The house is vinyl sided, although all distinctive trim remains. A modern two-car garage sits on the northwest corner of the lot. The house appears on the 1910 Sanborn map in its current configuration." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

1. 402 South Broadway, circa 1906. P.E. Wilhite, a dentist, acquired this property in 1906 and built a large mansion, where he lived with his wife, Ellen, for many decades. Wilhite grew up in Salisbury, graduated from the Kansas City Dental College in 1892, and returned to his hometown to run a successful practice." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

"The Salisbury Square Historic District is a unique cluster of Victorian houses built for local business owners. The architects of the houses are unknown, but the District’s contributing buildings display a grasp of the then-fashionable features of the Queen Anne style. Despite changes to individual buildings, the historic forms and character-defining details are still present on each of the contributing houses within the District. As a collection, they enhance the Queen Anne character of the District and communicate information about the evolution of this architectural style.

"The contributing houses in the Salisbury Square Historic District represent the full range of the Victorian Queen Anne style, early to late, simple to elaborate, and small to large. The Queen Anne style was extremely popular in the Midwest during the late 1800s to about 1910, and was often used in smaller, more-rural communities such as Salisbury up to World War I, consistent with the period of construction within the District. The style came to America from England during the 1880s and quickly spread with the advent of balloon frame construction. The availability of standardized lumber and mail-order trims produced forms that moved beyond the basic cube with protruding bays, multiple gables and towers ornamented with shingles, friezes, spindles and ornamental windows." ~ NRHP Nomination Form