Fulkerson Farm Residence on E.Savannah Rd. Photo, 1923
Entry/Object ID
P354.18022.244
Description
Fulkerson Farm Residence on E.Savannah Rd. Photo, 1923. b/w. 2 story frame home with shuttered windows, 2-story pillared front porch, set amidst trees. Home of Dr. Perry Peter Fulkerson, Sr. News photo from June 30 1923 News-Press. Headline: Old Homestead is Well Preserved" Caption: House on the Fulkerson farm east Savannah Road, build in 1848, with lumber grown on the place.
Accompanying news story indicates this home was buildt by Dr. Perry Peter Fulkerson, who came to St. Joseph from Virginia and purchased several hundred acres. In this home various important persons gathered. It is said that this was where the last campaign for Thomas Hart Benton was planned. Fulkerson's son, Dr. Perry P. Fulkerson Jr. lived at 840 N. 25th. In 1923, the 9-room home was still owned by the Fulkerson family.
From Index: "Built before Civil War".
For Original digital scan see History 20 CD
Made/Created
Artist
MAX HABECKER
Date made
1923
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Fulkerson Residence, Savannah Road
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Feb 6, 2019
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Max Habecker
Person or Organization
Perry P. Fulkerson
Provenance
Notes
Photographs taken in c. 1920's by Max Habecker, St. Joseph News-Press Photographer, affixed in photo album.
