Ravenswood (Bunceton, Missouri) Explained

Ravenswood
Nrhp Type:HD
Nocat:yes
Nearest City:NW of Bunceton on MO 5, near Bunceton, Missouri
Coordinates:38.8219°N -92.8381°W
Built:1880
Architecture:Second Empire, Italianate
Added:February 24, 1975
Refnum:75001065

Ravenswood, also known as the Leonard Home, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1880, and is a -story, eclectic Italianate/Second Empire style brick mansion. It has a low-angle Mansard roof covered with asphalt on top and grey, slate shingles on the slopes. Additions were made to the original house in 1907–1908, 1913 and 1914. Also on the property are the contributing summer kitchen (1869), the Tally-ho barn, the mule barn, a sheep barn, milk barn, carriage house, Manager's House, servants' houses, smokehouse, sheds, a garage, and a pump house.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Prairie View. 2016-11-01. P> Egbert, C. Kerr, A. Needle, P. Ryan, P. Snadon, and J. Steinkamnp. PDF. July 1973. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.