204 East Third Street - Hermann Historic District - Hermann, MO
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N 38° 42.299 W 091° 26.102
15S E 636078 N 4285200
East third street, still residential, and land is flat, the hills are on the west side of Market St...
Waymark Code: WM13608
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2020
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County of house: Gasconade County
Location of house: E. 3rd St., 1st house E. of Shiller St., S. side of street, Hermann
Built: 1840/alt. 1900/alt.1910
Architectural Style: Missouri-German
"204 East 3rd Street, Phillip Koeller Residence, c. 1840/alt. c. 1900, c. 1910, Contributing
(survey #84)
Outbuildings/other resources: Grape arbor, contributing, Cistern/pump, contributing
Modified c. 1910, this 1 1/2 story frame house is clad in an unusual scalloped-patterned stucco pattern. Its layout and fenestration pattern are typical of Hermann's Missouri-German vernacular buildings. Concrete steps lead to a central entrance flanked by two 2/2 wood sash
windows. The windows and doors have narrow surrounds. The house has a large back yard with concrete posted grape arbor. Near the alley is a concrete cistern with original metal pump." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built by Phillip Koeller, probably shortly after he acquired the
property in 1840. The property reverted to city ownership after
Koeller's death in 1841, in which year the city allowed the "General
German Church" to use the building for services. One year later they
sold the property, foreclosing two more erstwhile buyers until
purchased by Ernst A. Riek in the summer of 1846. The house remained
in the Riek family until late in the 1860s when it was sold into the
Baumgarden family whose descendants live in the house today.
"In 1892 and 1898 the rear area was an open proch [sic] across the entire rear elevation. By 1908 it was closed in and an additional porch area built behind. In the first decade of this century the
Baumgarden family member then occupying the house built a series of
fanciful concrete creations--the most notable are concrete pillars
for a long grape arbor. One post has the date "1910" worked into it
and is surmounted by a bird house also in concrete. There is a rock
fountain and various pieces of concrete lawn furniture. Probably the
same person applied the unusual concrete stucco to the house
exterior.
"General description: One and one half story rectangle shaped
building constructed of framed wood covered with an unusual textured
stucco resting on a stone foundation covered with concrete scored
to imitate ashlar stonework.
"setting: There is an ample side yard on the east. On the west there
is a small walkway between this building and the large three story
brick building adjacent. On the facade the building sits virtually
on the sidewalk. There is a large grape arbor behind the building
resting on concrete pillars. Besides this there are several items
of yard furniture also of cast concrete." ~ DNR Hisoric Survey pages 488-494, part I