County of house: Callaway County
Location of house: Court St., center house east side of block, Fulton
Construction date: 1868
Architect-Builder: Unknown
Original owner: John Jameson
Outbuilding: N/A
"50. 830 Court Street (C)
Original-Historic owner or Name: Jameson House;
Construction Date: c.1868, c. 1880;
Property type-style: Queen Anne;
Outbuilding: N/A
"The rear section of the house was built just after the Civil War and was transformed into high style Victorian when the front part of the house was constructed c. 1880. The house is roughly L shaped with a front facing gable connected to a side gabled section. In the juncture of the L is a slightly recessed section with hipped/mansard roof. A massive brick chimney extends from the mansard's roofline. A one-story porch with Eastlake influenced spindle and scrollwork wraps this section. The front facing gable has a bay window on the first floor with paired 1/1 windows and a decorative cornice. The gable itself has board and batten siding and a decorative verge board. A transom and sidelights surround the front door. The original entrance also has transom and sidelights. The rear ell is the original (c. 1868) portion of the house.
"The fireplace in the parlor was painted by an itinerant painter in the primitive style. The woodwork in the front hall has been stained to look like burled walnut. John T. Jameson built the original portion of the house c. 1868. The Jameson family ran a livery stable that was
located south of the home. The Jameson family settled in Callaway County in 1820. The family cemetery still exists on Business Highway 54 in Fulton." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Gabeld and mansard, asbestos shingles
Clapboard; batten and board attic story
Central heat has been added; a shed addition has been added to the rear.
The read of the house is the original section and it faced S. The front section of the house was built c. 1870-80's. The house has a large wrap-around porch; 2 massive chimneys in the front section and
a small chimney in original NE section of house.
"It has an oriel window with cornice brackets facing W; hooded dormers
face W & 5. A transom and sidelights surround the front door. The
original entrance also has transom and sidelights.
"The fireplace in the parlor was painted by an itinerant painter in a
primitive style; it includes some floral designs and a landscape; the
woodwork has been stained to look like burled walnut; there is a fireplace in every room. The central hallway has a large winding staircase.
"Charlotte Jameson (b. 1892) is originally from Jefferson, South Carolina. She went to Chikora Girls School (which recently merged with Queens College) and was taught music by Henry Bellamann's wife. Henry Bellamann, the head of the music department recommended that Mrs. Jameson come to teach voice at William Woods College . She came in 1913; met Boulware Jameson, the son of one of the college's board members and married him in 1915. Mrs. Jameson. a dramatic coloratura or lyric soprano, has sung with the St. Louis Symphony and the Chicago Symphony. She taught at William Woods about 2 years, c. 1913-1915, during which time she organized the Glee Club. She took a few years off to have a family, and then returned to teaching for about 10 years.
"John T. Jameson, (?) Boulware Jameson's grandfather, built the front portion of the house c. 1870-80's. The Jameson family ran a livery stable which was located where the tennis court is now situated (behind John Jameson's home next door; John Jameson is the son of Boulware and Charlotte). Boulware and Charlotte bought the house in the late 1920's.
"The Jameson family settled in Callaway County in 1820. The Jameson farm was located where the Kleewood addition is now located. The family cemetery still exists on Business 54, just N of Rt. Z.
"John H. Jameson bought the land for this house on Aug. 28, 1868 (Bk Y,p.421). He and his wife Mary probably built the original part of the house around that time. John H. and Mary Jameson had 4 children: John T., Elizabeth, Sallie and Melinda.
"John T. Jameson, who was in the transfer business, was married to Evelyn M. and in 1907 they lived here with their children Eleanor and Annabel, who was a teacher at the School for the Deaf. W. Ed Jameson, their son, lived next door at 826 Court in 1907. Mary Jameson, John H.'s widow also lived here at that time.
"Large, well landscaped lot; the old Hereford house, which once stood N of this home was originally the servants' quarters for this house." ~ Fulton Historic Survey part 2, page 293