This house was actually constructed by Nathan Boone's three sons and the two slaves Nathan brought with him from his huge home in today's St. Charles County [MO-F, near Defiance, MO]. The St. Charles County home is sold to the public as "Daniel Boone's Home". which is an outright lie. It was Nathan Boone's home, Daniel never lived in it. Daniel did die in the front parlor, but never lived there.
"The Nathan Boone House is a one and one-half story "Classic"
saddle-bag pioneer log house, built in 1837. This house is of
the type constructed on the east coast from Virginia and North
Carolina, west through Kentucky and Tennessee to the Ozark area
of Missouri and Arkansas.
"The facade (west wall) is approximately 55 feet in length. It is
symmetrical with two windows on either side of the central doorway.
"The hand-hewn oak log walls rest on a stone foundation. Portions
of the foundation visible on the north, east and south sides have
been faced with cement. The logs have been sheathed in two layers
of weatherboarding. The log structure is visible, however, on the
rear porch where the wall is exposed above the eave line of the
lean-to roof.
"All of the structural timbers appear to be original with the
exception of a 10 to 13 foot section of replaced roof rafters
on the west slope of the roof.
"This former homestead is pleasingly situated in a shallow
valley between two low, prairie hills, one to the east and one
to the west. Ash trees abound on the property. The Nathan
Boone family graveyard is approximately 500 yards to the north
of the house. Inscriptions on the gravestones are still
legible. A slave cemetery is located north of the family
plot. Also included on the grounds are a threshing floor and
several springs.
"The Nathan Boone House is primarily significant as one of the
first structures built in southwest Missouri. Nathan Boone,
the youngest of Daniel Boone's ten children, constructed the
house in 1837 with the assistance of his sons. This building
is architecturally significant as a rare surviving example
in Missouri of the "classic" saddle-bag type of pioneer log
house built prior to the advent of saw mills. " ~ NRHP Nomination Form