Missouri's National Historic Landmarks, Part IV, Patee House
Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.1241
Description
Caldwell's article is about the Patee House in St. Joseph. It begins with Patee's background, coming to St. Joseph in 1845 and plans to build the hotel. Author discusses the building's roll in the Pony Express, the Union occupation of the sited during the Civil War and the lottery won by John Patee. Subsequent occupants were a Girls School, hotel, St. Joseph Female College and the World's Hotel (Dr. S.A. Richmond). Next owner was R.L. McDonald men's shirt factory, Sun Manufacturing Company and H.D. Lee Company. Condemned in 1962, it was added to the Registry of National Historic Landmarks in 1961. After controversy, the site was obtained by the Pony Express Historical Association and is in use as a museum.
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Nomenclature 4.0
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Documentary Objects
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Category 08: Communication Objects
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Architecture, Civil wars, Pony express
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St. Joseph, Architecture, Patee, John, Civil War, Pony Express, Businesses in St. Joseph, Patee House Museum, Military, Business