Tevis, D. W. B. and Julia Waddell, House - Lexington, Missouri
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BruceS
N 39° 10.713 W 093° 52.725
15S E 424098 N 4336958
Historic house in Lexington, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMBJJE
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2011
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"The D. W. B. and Julia Waddell Tevis House, 505 S. 13th St., Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, is [listed] in the National Register of Historic Places [for its architecture]. Italianate styling was gaining popularity in Lexington when this two-story brick house was built circa 1868, and the Tevis House is an excellent local example of the Italianate Buildings property type.
William B. Waddell of the Russell, Majors and Waddell frontier trading firm had this house built for his daughter, Julia, as a wedding gift following her marriage (in 1863) to D. W. B. Tevis, a druggist. Since the marriage apparently surprised the Waddells, construction of the house did not - begin until three or four years later. Tevis, a native of Boonville, came to Lexington in 1859. In the first year of his marriage, he bought out the drugstore of Chapman & Horne, where he had worked as a clerk; he continued the business for many years. Although the architect for the Tevis House is as yet undetermined, the design has been conditionally attributed to local architect and builder John E. cheatham because of distinctive brick archivolts similar to those on his own residence." - National Register Nomination form