Lansdown-Higgins, House

5240 Tanner Bridge Rd., Jefferson City, Missouri. County/parish: Cole.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 12, 1999. NRIS 99001311.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Kerl House
  • Riggins House

From Wikipedia:

Lansdown-Higgins House

Lansdown-Higgins House, also known as the Riggins House, Kerl House, and Sommerer House, is a historic home located near Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. The original section was built about 1830, and was a 1+12-story dogtrot house of hewn log construction. The house achieved its present form about 1854, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style frame I-house with a central passage plan. It features an imposing two-story pedimented portico supported by square Doric order columns and massive chimneys of gray limestone.: 5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63818652

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