Comfort, James H. and Marietta, House aka Hoyt-Phelps House - Kirkwood, Missouri - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

This Victorian Italianate style house was constructed circa 1850. The house was occupied much of the 1870's by Catherine Hoyt, the widow of Cyrus Hoyt. Near the end of the 1870's the house was purchased by Harlow Phelps purchased the property. Prior to the Civil War, Phelps had been president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. During the Civil War he had fought for the Confederacy. After the war he had brought the family of a fallen comrade to Kirkwood and raised that family in this house.

Street address: 235 E. Jefferson Kirkwood, Missouri County / Borough / Parish: St. Louis County Year listed: 2002 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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