| Bonniebrook Homestead | |
| Coordinates: | 36.7733°N -93.2197°W |
| Added: | May 29, 1997 |
| Refnum: | 84002720 |
Bonniebrook Homestead is a historic homestead site located near Walnut Shade, Taney County, Missouri. It was a pioneer homestead of the O'Neill's, the first family to enter the land from the public domain as a Homestead property. It was the Ozark home of Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), inventor of the kewpie doll and illustrator of "sweet monsters".[1] She is buried on the site in the O'Neill family cemetery.[2] Rose O'Neill named the estate after the stream that ran near the family's original cabin.[3] The homestead burned down in January 1947. The building that exists now is a reconstruction of the original home.[4] The Bonniebrook Historical Society began reconstructing the homestead in 1975 with construction completing on the 14 room building in 1993.[3] The reconstructed building is furnished in the style typical of the era when the O'Neill family occupied the estate.[3] The property now consists of the reconstructed homestead, Bonniebrook Art Gallery, Kewpie Museum, gift shop, research library and Rose O'Neill archives [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.