Benjamin Horr House

Benjamin Horr House
Benjamin Horr House, September 2014
Location308 Center St., Hannibal, Missouri
Coordinates39°42′36″N 91°21′27″W / 39.71000°N 91.35750°W / 39.71000; -91.35750
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Builtc. 1855 (1855)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPSHannibal Central Business District MRA
NRHP reference No.86003587[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1986

Benjamin Horr House, also known as the Standard Printing Company, is a historic home located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style brick structure. It has a front gable roof with cornice. It is the earliest surviving building to have been used for education in Hannibal, having once housed a private school run by the family of one of Mark Twain's former schoolteachers.[2]: 40–41 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Esley Hamilton (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hannibal Central Business District MRA" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.