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Welcome to Marion County, MO and Hannibal, MO
Historic Groups

Marion County Historic Society (MCHS)
Friends of Historic Hannibal
(FOHH)

Check out our Annual Home Tour April 19, 2009
Marion County
Historical Society (MCHS), and
Friends of
Historic Hannibal (FOHH)
invite you to join us
in celebrating and preserving
Hannibal's and Marion County's History
Home Tour 2009
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The Friends of Historic Hannibal will host its 12th
Annual Homes Tour, Sunday, April 19 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Five historic homes
will be featured in this year’s tour and will be open to the public. Tickets
are only $5.00 (five dollars) and can be purchased the day of the tour at any of
the homes on view.
The theme this year is “work in progress,” and
will focus on houses that are in the process of restoration.
Hannibal’s stock of affordable historic homes is an important
asset to the community and continues to attract many new residents
to town. People from all parts of the country come here to invest
in the fine old Victorian homes that can be purchased for a fraction
of the price elsewhere. These immigrants bring with them new assets
for the community. Many of these newcomers have been at the very
heart of the downtown revival America’s Hometown is experiencing.

This year the Homes Tour will feature five homes that are
conveniently situated near one another.
The first home on the tour is the 1884 Andrew G. Brown House at 124
N. Maple owned by Jack Klotz. It is a rare example of what
architectural historians refer to as Eastlake Victorian Stick-style.
The second home is directly across the street at 125 N. Maple. The
builder of this pre-1899 structure is unknown. It was built as a
double house – what we would call today a duplex. It is in the
Italianate style with a Colonial Revival Porch.
207 North Maple is the third house owned by Jackie Karlock. Known
as the Doyle-Mounce House, this Second Empire style house is one of
the least altered houses in Hannibal of the period. It was built
before 1880.
1020 Center Street, home of Lynette and Randy Doty, is the Jesse H.
McVeigh House. Another Second Empire example, it was constructed
between 1885-1888.
The final home on the tour is the Lamb-Munger House at 521 Bird,
built around the Civil War. The home of Pat and Bob Yapp, the house
is in the Italianate style. Bob Yapp uses the house as a classroom
for historic preservation techniques. As a nationally known expert,
Yapp teaches both Hannibal students and adults from around the
country on how to do everything from refinishing floors to repairing
windows.
Friends of Historic Hannibal meets the second
Thursday of every month, and is open to anyone interested in
historic preservation. Location of the meetings are announced in a
monthly newsletter available on
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Unveiling
Friends of Historic Hannibal & Marion
County Historical Society
Announce

THE GREAT UNVEILING of the LAURA HAWKINS HOUSE
What:
In
the tradition of a barn raising, volunteers will be removing
(unveiling) the non-original siding
from the exterior of this historic Queen Anne style home to
reveal the original wood exterior.
The house was the home of Laura Hawkins. Miss Hawkins was the
boyhood friend of young
Samuel Clemens and the model Clemens aka Mark Twain used to
create the Becky Thatcher
character in his book, Tom Sawyer.
A workshop on how to achieve affordable 12-to-15-year exterior
paint jobs will also be held.
Bob Yapp, nationally known restoration expert, author and host
of the former national PBS
series, “About Your House with Bob Yapp”, will lead both
workshops. Bob & his wife Pat
recently moved themselves and Bob’s business, Preservation
Resources, Inc. to Hannibal.
When:
Saturday, October, 25, 2008. Unveiling from
8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The
Affordable House
Painting Workshop begins at
3:00 p.m. and runs to 5:00 p.m.
Where: The
Laura Hawkins House owned by Nora Creason and Don Metcalf
210 N. 5 th, Hannibal, MO
Who:
Everyone in the community is
invited to this FREE event. Whether you can to bring a pry bar
and gloves to help unveil the house or just want to learn about
cost effective, long-term paint
jobs, we encourage the community to turn out.
NOTE: Volunteers for the unveiling need to be
there no later
than 8:30 a.m. for a ladder and safety primer. Please
bring gloves, safety glasses, stepladders and a flat-style
pry bar. We will have some pry bars, stepladders and
gloves for those without.
Sponsors:
Friends of Historic Hannibal
Marion County Historical Society
Nora Creason and Don Metcalf
JM&S
Electric, Hannibal
Preservation Resources, Inc., Hannibal
LaBinnah
Bistro
Contacts: Bob Yapp 573 629-2226
yapperman@msn.com
Nora Creason 206 335--346 ncreason@justice.com
Check out the
Raising Laura Blog for more information and photos

Laura Hawkins
with Samuel Clemens in Hannibal, 1903. ( from Raising Laura Blog) |
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