Sharing another home from our city’s Victorian Towers neighborhood. A description of this residential area I found summarized by an AI overview as follows:

Situated in the residential west-central area of Sedalia, close to downtown, parks, and local schools. Features late 1800s and early 1900s single-family character homes, many designed by notable period architects showcasing classic spindles, gables, and landmark corner towers. The City of Sedalia and local preservation groups have conducted reconnaissance-level architectural surveys to document and highlight the neighborhood’s unique historical significance.

This 1900’s home is one of the earlier ones built during a boom in home-building in this particular area of town. Only one bath for this 5-bedroom would have me a bit uncertain in this current day. One word for this. How?!

The map below shows, from the 2021 Historic Architectural Survey, this home fits that timeframe. The blue notes homes that were built between 1890 – 1899. If you were curious why there was such a boom in home-building? In the 1890s, Sedalia residents raised money and secured land to induce the Missouri Pacific Rairoad Company to expand its repair shops. Hoping to share more of these doors as time allows. So check back each week!

A side note for my fellow bloggers and my readers: The next couple of weeks puts Sedalia into a different realm of internet supply/demand. That’s due to the fact that we are host to the Missouri State Fair each year – the first half of August – and our population triples at times. So I apologize if my responses, or even my regular posts, are delayed. Thanks in advance for your understanding.

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