Henry Blosser House

Historic house in Missouri, United States

United States historic place


Henry Blosser House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Henry Blosser House in 2024
39°11′24″N 93°17′28″W / 39.19000°N 93.29111°W / 39.19000; -93.29111
Area	10.3 acres (4.2 ha)
Built	1880 (1880)
Architect	Page, E.R.; Guy, John B.
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	78001675^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 29, 1978

Henry Blosser House is a historic home located near Malta Bend, Saline County, Missouri. It was built in 1880, and is a three-story, Second Empire style red-orange brick farmhouse. It features a projecting central pavilion, a bell-cast mansard roof, polychrome shingles, and decorative porches. Also on the property are two contributing outbuildings and a three-level frame barn.^[2]^: 2, 4

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

In 2014, the property was purchased by Dr. Arthur and Carolyn Elman. At the time the property was in a significant state of disrepair and had been placed on Missouri Preservation’s endangered properties list. Elmans hired interior designer Kelee Katillac to oversee rehabilitation of the house and barn. The mansion, now known as the Blosser-Elman Museum of Decorative Arts, is slated for opening in 2024.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Noelle Soren, Jean Tyree Hamilton, and Karen Lang (June 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Henry Blosser House" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 7 photographs from 1975)
^ "The Henry Blosser House" by Sandy Shelby, Missouri Life Magazine, March/April 2022, https://missourilife.com/living-color-the-henry-blosser-house/ (accessed 30 August 2023)