Kelton House (Hartville, Missouri) Explained

Kelton House ..
Coordinates:37.2692°N -92.5128°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:October 2, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:86002803

Kelton House, also known as the Curtis Kelton House and Pyatt House, is a historic home located at Hartville, Wright County, Missouri, United States. It was built about 1895, and incorporates an earlier timber frame central passage plan I-house dated to the mid-1870s. It is a two-story, Late Victorian-style frame dwelling. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

This home also sits on the battlefield of The Battle of Hartville, 1863. The 99th Illinois was stationed at the location where the house is built during the battle.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kelton House . 2017-03-01. David Quick and James M. Denny. PDF. August 1986. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 15 photographs)