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This brick residence was built pre 1892. It is a two-story brick building facing east. This façade has a gable brick pediment over the central bay, a frame porch which has central polygonal bay, and a centered entrance which is now enclosed in a frame polygonal bay. On the north is a basement entrance at the street level. Extending to the west is an original gambriel roofed one-and-one-half story ell. There is a pent roof, vertical board and batten garage addition also to the west. The structure was the residence of journalist/author Elston J. Melton. Melton worked as printer, reporter, editor, partner, or owner and publisher at Pilot Grove, Sedalia, and Caruthersville and Boonville throughout a long and illustrious career. Melton’s last newspaper enterprise was spent serving as president and editor of the Cooper County Record, a weekly newspaper.
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Amanda Dodson
This site is listed on the National Register Historic Places.
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