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Weston Historic District

Coordinates: 39°24′47″N 94°54′06″W / 39.41306°N 94.90167°W / 39.41306; -94.90167
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Weston Historic District
Weston Historic District is located in Missouri
Weston Historic District
Weston Historic District is located in the United States
Weston Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Summit, Rock, Market and Ashley, Weston, Missouri
Coordinates39°24′47″N 94°54′06″W / 39.41306°N 94.90167°W / 39.41306; -94.90167
Area131.2 acres (53.1 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.72000727[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 1972

Weston Historic District is a national historic district located at Weston, Platte County, Missouri. The district encompasses 16 full blocks and portions of 8 additional city blocks in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Weston. It developed between about 1840 and 1920, and includes representative examples of Federal and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable buildings include the John Maitland Home (c. 1860), Humphrey House, Railey Brothers Banking Building, Hull Mill, Methodist Church (1868), old Presbyterian Church (1846), German Evangelical Lutheran Church (1867), Weston Baptist Church or Weston Historical Museum and Library Building(1902), and McGhay House.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Stephen J. Raiche (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Weston Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 28 photographs) and Site map