E of Malta Bend off U.S. 65, Malta Bend, Missouri. County/parish: Saline.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 29, 1978. NRIS 78001675.
4 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63820092