John P. Sites Gunshop and Home- Arrow Rock MO. - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

This historic property is described as the John P. Sites Sunshop and Home in the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM. That was a typo it is a gun shop.

John Sites was taught the trade gunsmith by his father in Booneville Missouri. John and his wife moved to Arrow Rock in 1844 and lived here until his death 1904. The home and shop were built or purchased around 1866. By 1875 they added a second floor with 2 more bedrooms and a Victorian style porch.

The guns he made are now very rare. In the shop they have many of the tools he used to hand craft the weapons including a rifle boring tool.

This is the only known restoration of a gunsmith's shop and home in their original location in the United States.

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Arrow Rock Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link] Address: 5th Street Arrow Rock MO How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]

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