1000 Bird St., Hannibal, Missouri. County/parish: Marion.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 18, 1980. NRIS 80002378.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.Also known as:
Rockcliffe Mansion is located in Hannibal, Missouri (USA) and was built in 1898 by John J. Cruikshank, Jr, a descendant of Scottish immigrants, whose fortune was founded on lumber. He erected the residence on West Bird Street. It came to be acknowledged as the most imposing, beautiful and costly residential structure in that part of the state of Missouri. "By reason of its location on a high, rocky eminence, overlooking the entire city [and the Mississippi River], it [was] termed 'Rock Cliff' [later known as "Rockcliffe"], and is one of the many attractions of the city invariably viewed by strangers and tourists visiting Hannibal." It is located in the Maple Avenue Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63819710