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100-year-old home added to national registerSaturday, August 5, 2006COMMERCE, Mo. -- A century-old home in this Scott County town was one of six Missouri properties recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. "From when first moved in, we knew there was a lot of historical significance to it," Susan Bailey said. Since moving into the 15-room home three years ago, Bailey and her husband have been restoring it to the way it looked when built by her great-grandparents in 1902. Two months ago, the Baileys received word that the home at 133 Washington St. would be added to the registry. The house was added for its association with the work of homeowner Lizzie Anderson. Anderson turned her home into a default meeting spot for various local organizations, including the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Children's Theater Group, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Bailey said she had tried for years to get the home added to the registry, researching, writing various essays and calling on support from others to help in the process. With their home now the registry, Bailey has the option to pursue tax credits to put toward rehabilitation, said Tiffany Patterson, National Register coordinator for DNR's Historic Preservation Office. With only the parlor and front hallway restored, the couple have a long way yet to go to finish the rest of the house. Bailey said she would pursue the tax credits, but has not yet and stressed that was not the purpose of achieving placement on the registry. "Our motivation was just historical significance," she said. 335-6611, extension 127 Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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congradulations on getting on the registry. it shows there are still people that care about the past. we weren't so lucky. our grandparents house from 1910- 1974. also the towns land mark built in 1821 started the town old appleton mo. thanks to that mayor & his friends that got it just to tear it down for the land ( one acre ). they knew i was the grandson & wanted to buy it & restore it.not only not calling me when it was to be auctioned,like he said he would but made fun of it being torn down, it would be a waist of a good bulldozer. not only was the land mark lost but also the first black school house from jackson mo. which was re erected on the property by a previous owner. GOD BLESS YOU & GOOD LUCK.