Hugh C. Slee House, Hill & Walnut Streets, Stoutsville, Monroe County, MO

Significance: Between the fall of 1878 and the summer of 1879 Hugh and Rachel Slee built a house, correctly speculating that they could sell it immediately to some new resident of Stoutsville, a growing railroad town. Dr. John R. Crosswhite, Jr., purchased the house in 1880, having just moved to town after graduating from Missouri Medical College in St. Louis. After Crosswhite, a number of locally prominent people owned the house, including John Watson, and C.P. Kincaid, both merchants in the several decades around the turn of the century. In its plan, the 1-1/2 story dwelling represents a modification of the double-pen, central hall vernacular house type, while in its ornamentation, the house represents the lingering influence of the Gothic cottage, popularized a generation earlier.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-87, FN-88
Survey number: HABS MO-1213
Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1900 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after 1960 Subsequent Work