Lightburne Hall

Built in 1852 by Major Alvan Lightburne as his private residence. This 24 room Greek Revival plantation home is one of Northwest Missouri’s largest surviving antebellum mansions. Union soldiers camped on the grounds during the Civil War. Restored in the grandeur of the “Old South” by Charles Alfred Cox and Lyle Edward Pinick as their private residence. Patroness, Ferol Josephine Wood Cox.

Marker is on North Water Street 0.1 miles north of East Mississippi Street, on the right when traveling north.

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