IP**--"-•"•-"•-••-• •-••' •• - •Form No. 10-300 ^.W1

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT^ THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

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TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS

NAME

HISTORICBINGHAM (GEORGE CALEB) HOME

AND/OR COMMON

Bingham (George Caleb) Home

(LOCATION

STREET & NUMBER

Arrow Rock State Park_NOT FOR PUBLICATION

CITY. TOWN

Arrow RockCONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

VICINITY OF 004 (fourth)

STATE CODE

Missouri 29COUNTY CODE

Saline 195

HCLASSIFICATION

CATEGORY

—DISTRICT

X-SUILDINGfS)

—STRUCTURE

—SITE

—OBJECT

OWNERSHIP

^.PUBLIC

—PRIVATE

—BOTH

PUBLIC ACQUISITION

—IN PROCESS

_ BEING CONSIDERED

STATUS

^-OCCUPIED

—UNOCCUPIED

—WORK IN PROGRESS

ACCESSIBLE

X-YES: RESTRICTED

— YES: UNRESTRICTED

—NO

PRESENT USE

_ AGRICULTURE -2MUSEUM

—COMMERCIAL —PARK

—EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE

_ ENTERTAINMENT _ RELIGIOUS

—GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC

—INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION

—MILITARY —OTHER:

OWNER OF PROPERTY

NAME

Mr. James L. Wilson, Director, Missouri State Park Board

STREET & NUMBER

P.O. Box 176, 1204 Jefferson Building

CITY. TOWN

Jefferson City

LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION

STATE

Missouri 65101

COURTHOUSE.

REGISTRY OF DEEDS.ETC.Saline County Courthouse

STREET & NUMBER

| REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

Historic American Buildings Survey

1936^-FEDERAL —STATE _COUNTY _LOCAL

DEPOSITORY FOR

SURVEY RECORDS Library of Congress/Annex, Division of Prints and Photographs

Washington D.C.

DESCRIPTION

CONDITION

_GOOO

_FAIfi

_DETERIORATED

_RUINS

_UNEXPOSED

CHECK ONE

_UNALTERED

—ALTERED

Restored

CHECK ONE

X.ORISINALSITE

—MOVED DA

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

The George Caleb Bingham House was built by the famous painter in 1837 soon

after his marriage to Sarah Hutchison. It remained their home until 1845.

It is believed that before 1870 the new owners of the home built additions which

converted it into a two-story, eight-room structure. Other alterations were

made through the years.

In 1926 Hugh Stephens, Jefferson City, purchased the house with the intent of

preserving it. The State bought the home in 1934 and restored it in 1936 with

the assistance of the Works Progress Administration. At this time the frame

rooms of the first and second stories were removed leaving a one-story two-room

brick structure. A new roof was added, the picket fence was retained and the

bricks were painted white. . ' '-- -

After thorough archaeological investigation and careful planning, the home was

again restored by the Missouri State Park Board in 1964-65. Documentary and

archaeological information did not determine the exact appearance of the house

as built by Bingham. It was restored as a. typical small Federal-style home

of the 1830's.

I SIGNIFICANCE

PERIOD

—PREHISTORIC

_ 140O-1499

—1500-1599

— 1600-1699

„ 1700- 1799

^1800-1899

— 1900-

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW

_ ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC

_ ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC

—AGRICULTURE

_ ARCHITECTURE

-ART

_COM MERGE

^COMMUNICATIONS

_ COMMUNITY PLANNING

—CONSERVATION

—ECONOMICS

—EDUCATION

—ENGINEERING

^EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT

—INDUSTRY

_ INVENTION

—LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

_LAW

—LITERATURE

—MILITARY

—MUSIC

—PHILOSOPHY

—POLITICS/GOVERNMENT

—RELIGION

—SCIENCE

—SCULPTURE

—SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN

—THEATER

^TRANSPORTATION

_OTHER (SPECIFY)

SPECIFIC DATES1837

BUILDER/ARCHITECTGeorge Caleb Bingham

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

George Caleb Bingham built his Arrow Bock home 'in 1837 and lived there

intermittently until 1845. Bingham was a famous portrait,, genre, and

landscape painter. A skillful draftsman in both pencil, ink, and wash,

Bingham sketched pioneer men, singly and in groups, with very intense

faces. He handled problems of perspective with skill, and preserved

with realism human characteristic scenes of old-time Missouri life.

It was during his years at Arrow Rock that he began the sketches of the

Missouri River and frontier life around him that developed into his

famous "genre" paintings.

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flMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES £Caldwell, D.J., "Missouri's National Landmarks: George Caleb Bingham Home,"

(Columbia, Missouri, 1968).

Christ-Janier, A., George Caleb Bingham of Missouri: Story of An Artist, (New York,

Genzmer, George H., "George Caleb Bingham," Dictionary of American Biography, II,

(New York, 1946), pp. 274-275.Mattison, R.H., "George Caleb Bingham House," Historic Sites Survey Report, 1963.

McDermott, John Francis, George Caleb Bingham, River Portraitist, (1959).

IDEOGRAPHICAL DATAACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY leSS fcfraH One acre

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In 1934 the Missouri State Park Board bought the George Caleb Bingham Home

and three adjacent lots. This rectangular plot is entirely contained within the

Arrow Rock State Park in Arrow Rock, Missouri. Beginning at a point approximately 175' from the northeast corner of the Arrow Rock State Park Boundary line, proceed

west 90', more or less, to a point; thence south 110' to a point] thence east

90', more or less, to a point; thence north to the point of origin.____________

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

STATE CODE COUNTY

QFORM PREPARED BYNAME /TITLE

Stephen Lissandrallo . Historian, landmark Prnjor-t-

ORGANIZATION

Historic Sites Survey, National Park Service

STREET& NUMBER

1100 L Street

CITY OR TOWN

Washington

ESTATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFITHE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STA'

NATIONAL__ STATE___ LOCAL

As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I

hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the

criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE

I H8RB8Y CEKIWTBAT THIS PRO

KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER

GPO 892.453

»leb Bingham Home

December, 1974

Landmark Plaque

Bingham Home

Georg^Caleb Blngnam Home

December, 1974

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INTl2983-75

This ti.ouse vas tmjit in ir.te IcvjU'r. or enriy -L

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nrtist George Caleb Pingham, well 'mown Missonr.1 artist,

and occasionally occupied "by hiti on hJs brief visits to

Arro'-f Poc>.

He sold it

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