Gardner House - Palmyra, Missouri
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 47.767 W 091° 31.370
15S E 626467 N 4406172
Tavern, home school , etc...and almost always a residence..
Waymark Code: WM11VAZ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2019
Views: 4
County of center: Marion County
Location of center: 417 S. Main Street, Palmyra,
Phone: (573) 769-3076
Built: 1828
Architectural Style: Federal - with Greek Revival details
"The Gardner House in Palmyra, Missouri, is a domestic structure exhibiting the tendency in Missouri to combine the central hall symmetrical plan and general format of a Federal style home with the details characteristic of the Greek Revival style. Constructed of gray painted brick, it has a two-story "L". shaped plan, a common ridge roof and two unusual three-step gables. The house was built in approximately 1828 and faces west onto Main Street.
"The Gardner House, constructed in approximately 1828 in Marion County,
Palmyra, Missouri, is significant as a tavern located on a north-south stage coach route between St. Louis, Missouri and east Iowan
towns.
" ... It is not until the early 1870's that one again finds documentation
of the Gardner House functioning as a place of public entertainment.
At this time, a native Prussian, by the name of Gartner, [sic] managed the
tavern.
"The building's useage during the interim period of 184? and the early
1870's is vague. There are evidences of the building being used as
a domestic residence, a hotel, and an elementary school. The Devericks
Family (later becoming the Devereaux Family) occupied the building as
their residence.
"The Lauck Family purchased the title in 1889. The Gardner House
remained in their possession as a residence until the late 19^0'G.
After that time, the building served as a furniture warehouse until
the late 1960's." ~ NRHP Nomination Form