Name/Title
James Home, 1318 Lafayette, Photo, c. 1895Entry/Object ID
1993.1H.102Description
James Home, 1318 Lafayette, Photo, c. 1919. b/w. Photo of the home at 1318 Lafayette St. where Jesse James was killed in 1882. The number 1318 is visible above door. This photo taken much later. The hill in front of the house has been excavated for Lafayette Street extension and the derelict-looking single-story home appears to be sitting high above grade on high dirt wall. Vegetation growing on wall and below. (The home was relocated to the Belt Highway in 1939).
Typed on back: "House where Jesse James was killed, 1318 Lafayette St., St. Joseph, MO. Photo by Loyal M. Steinel, from pictured loaned by Mrs. Virginia Beck, 913 N. 2nd St., St. Joseph, MO. Copied by Don. R. 2/72"
Original digital scan located on History CD 02.Made/Created
Date made
1895Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Lafayette Street, 1318, James Home, 1318 Lafayette, Jesse James, James, Jesse, Jesse James Assassination, Lafayette StreetRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
James JesseProvenance
Notes
Jesse James home at 1318 Lafayette was moved from its original site to the Belt Highway in 1939. THis phone is about or after 1895.