State and Worlow Sts., Laclede, Missouri. County/parish: Linn.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 21, 1969. NRIS 69000111.
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site in Laclede, Missouri, is maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as a state historic site. General John Joseph "Jack" Pershing led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and attained the rank of General of the Armies. Pershing was born on a farm outside Laclede, but lived in the home from age six to adulthood. The historic site preserves and interprets the boyhood home and the one-room Prairie Mound School at which he taught for a year before attending West Point Military Academy. The home has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1969, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63819647