
Hooper House - Warsaw, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 16.201 W 093° 23.773
15S E 465341 N 4235848
Moved from its original location, which now is completely under water.
Waymark Code: WMN85G
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2015
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County of site: Benton County
Location of marker: Truman Lake Dam visitors center parking area, Warsaw
Marker erected by Corps of Engineers
Marker text: HOOPER HOUSE
You are invited to follow the trail to the John Hooper house, located approximately 250 yards from this point. The house was relocated from the original farmstead site near Osceola in 1984. Built by John Hooper in about 1884, the structure is a 1½-story "saddle bag" style home. "Saddle Bag" means that the front two rooms are divided by a chimney and two separate front entrances are located next to each other as shown in the above illustration. The original house was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Because of the house's remote location and constant danger of losing the house to fire and vandalism, the house was relocated and reconstructed by the Corps of Engineers in its present location near the Truman Visitors Center.
The house is historically significant because of its unusual roof construction and interior and exterior decorative architectural elements. Two adjoining buildings from the farmstead were also reconstructed -- a summer kitchen and smokehouse. The reconstructed Hooper complex, typical of many early 1900's Ozark farmsteads, provides a focal point for interpreting the region's Ozark culture during the early Twentieth Century.