Vernacular Architecture

Native Stone Buildings
Farms
Mills
Landscapes
Routes, Trails, Ferries
Drive-In Theatres

Overview

Howard W. Marshall, Vernacular Architecture of Missouri
Web: missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/marshall.html

Native Stone Buildings

Oregon County, Missouri
One-stop shopping for those who love stone architecture. Take the drive from Thayer to Myrtle, MO on Hwy. 142.

Many Springs, Missouri
On Hwy. 160 in Oregon County
This community has a fabulous assemblage of standing examples of vernacular architecture, including houses, outbuildings, churches, general stores, and school houses. More impressive coming from Doniphan than from Alton, but closer to Alton.

Farms

Gray/Campbell Farmstead
Circa 1856 farm
2400 S. Scenic, Springfield, MO
Phone: 417-581-8081
e-mail: GrayCampbell@Living-History.com

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum
3068 Highway A, Mansfield, MO 65704
Phone: (417) 924-3626
Toll Free: (877) 924-7126
E-mail: info@lauraingallswilderhome.com
Web: www.lauraingallswilderhome.com

Pioneer Heritage Homestead
101 Washington St., Doniphan, MO
Phone: 573-996-5298
Log cabin museum built in 1865. Homestead also houses a log barn and an early blacksmith shop.

Walnut Springs Farm and Museum
1414 Old Wire Road, Marshfield, MO
Phone: 417-468-3276
Historic farm with two historic barns, on National Register of Historic Places.

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Mills

Mills of Ozark County
Web: http://www.ozarkmtns.com/milltour/

Old Mills of Missouri
Web: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mogeneal/mills1.htm

Hodgson Mill
Highway 181, South of Dora, MO

Alley Spring Grist Mill National Historic Site
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Highway 106
West of Eminence, MO
1894 gristmill open daily from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day

Dawt Mill
HC 1 Box 1090
Tecumseh, MO 65760
Phone: 417-284-3540
Toll Free: 888-884-3540
Fax: 417-284-7029
E-mail: dawtmill@webound.com
Web: www.dawtmill.com
1897 mill in operation and grinds corn and wheat for its own bakery. Restored general store, Restaurant, motel. Located on PP north of Tecumseh, MO.

Dillard Mill State Historic Site
142 Dillard Mill Road
Davisville, MO 65456
Phone: 573-244-3120
One of Missouri’s best-preserved examples of a water-powered gristmill.

Edwards Mill
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO 65726
A reproduction mill powered by a twelve-foot water wheel turned by runoff from nearby Lake Honor. Student workers grind whole-grain flour and meal, available for purchase inside the building.

Montauk Mill
Montauk State Park
Route 5, Box 279
Salem, MO 65560-9025
Toll Free: 800-334-6946

Rockbridge Mill
Highway N
North of Gainsville, MO

Topaz Mill
Highway 76
West of Willow Springs, MO

Turner's Mill
Highway K
South of Winona, MO

Zanoni Mill
Highway 181
South of Dora, MO
1905 mill is now part of a bed and breakfast.

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Landscapes

Irish Wilderness
Mark Twain National Forest
Eleven Point-Doniphan District Office
1104 Walnut
Doniphan, MO 63935
Phone: 573-996-2153
A remote area, once home to about forty Irish Catholic families who arrived in 1858 and 1859. They dispersed following the depredations of the Civil War.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Attn: Jeff Kroke
Box 490
Van Buren MO 63965-0490
Phone: 314-323-4500
Web: www.nps.gov/ozar

Routes, Trails, Ferries

Akers Ferry
Eugene Maggard, Ferry Operator
Current River, Akers, MO
Last of the downstream current powered, two-car ferries operating within Ozark National Scenic Riverways. This toll ferry has been operated bythe same family for over fifty years.

Glade Top Trail
Forest Road 147, Mark Twain National Forest
Ava Ranger District
PO Box 188
Ava, MO 65608
Phone: 417-683-4428
A 17 mile spectacular drives through highly scenic Ozark Mountain country.

Hercules Glade Wilderness and Trails
Mark Twain National Forest
Ava Ranger District
PO Box 188
Ava, MO 65608
Phone: 417-683-4428

Ozark Trail
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Ozark Trail Coordinator
PO Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-751-2479

Voices of the Hills Audio Book and Cassette
Audio tour of Shannon/Carter county region.
Web: http://www.mdcnatureshop.com/
Missouri Department of Conservation

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Drive-In Theatres

Sunset Drive-In Theatre
1601 East Church St.
Aurora, MO
Phone: 417-678-6609

66 Drive-In Theatre
17231 Old 66 Boulevard
Carthage, MO 64836
Phone: 417-359-5959

Hwy 19 Drive-In
Hwy 19 north, Cuba MO
(573) 885-7752

21 Drive-in Theater
Van Buren, MO 63965
Phone: 573-945-2121

Phoenix Drive-In
16657 Hwy. B
Houston, MO 65483
Phone: 417-967-2053

Owen Drive-In Theatre
Seymour, Missouri
Phone: 417-935-2232
"In show business since 1908."

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