515
Vine St.
The Farmer’s Hotel Building
construction date is undetermined, however it cannot pre-date 1869.
Oral history indicates that it was built to accommodate actors and
actresses playing next door at Thespian Hall, but this cannot be verified.
Mathias Thomas and his heirs retained ownership until 1907.
The building is accented by an ornate cornice with consoles and dentils
which extend across the south and wrap around the southeast and southwest
corners. On the north the attic
section of the original block is evident. It
has a jerkinhead gable and is covered with asbestos siding. The rear addition sits on a concrete foundation.
This structure is historically important on a local level as an early
hotel associated with the Thespian Hall, a National Register of Historic Places
Site.
Funding for
this page was provided by Boonville Tourism Commission
This page
was constructed by:
Amanda
Dodson
This
site is listed on the National Register Historic Places.
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