Gustave Greystone-Meissner House

Built in 1845 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“Gustave Greystone-Meissner House, also known as Greystone and Evergreen Hill, is a historic home and national historic district located near Pevely, Jefferson County, Missouri. Greystone was built about 1845, and is a two-story, asymmetrical plan, Gothic Revival style frame dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Gustave Greystone-Meissner House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1974 · category: District · built in 1845, Gothic Revival.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listed as. Greystone-Meissner, Gustave, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. NE of Pevely off U.S. 61, Pevely, 63070
When was it listed? December 1974
Category. district
Township. Joachim township
When was it built? 1845
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 74001078 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

38 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Gustave Greystone-Meissner House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Debris and open burning	8
Arson/incendiarism	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
13 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
12 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
8 July 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	UNION PACIFIC
6 June 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	VAL 1
30 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
24 June 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Gustave Greystone-Meissner House: 21 past producers, 5 producers, 2 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Lead, Smelter. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
(Facility) Herculaneum Smelter	Lead, Smelter	Plant
Crystal City Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica	Producer
Unknown - Lead	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead	Lead	Past Producer
Arch Johnston Excav Quarry/Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Columbia Quarry No. 3	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Glen Park Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Goetz Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jefferson County Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
North Tunnel Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pevely, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	1 hurt	Thunderstorm wind gusts caused problems at the Pevely Fall Festival. Several tents were blown down and booths damaged. One woman suffered minor injuries when she was struck by a tent pole.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew a large down across a road.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	Thunderstorm winds downed several large, healthy branches and power lines near Pevely. The canopy at the Mr. Fuel Travel Center had large sections blown off with several trees in the vicinity snapped or uprooted.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs in the Pevely, Herculaneum, and Festus areas.
April 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Pevely	-	A tornado formed on the northwest side of Pevely, MO around 634 PM CDT and tracked to the southeast into the northern portions of town producing minor roof, tree, siding and sign damage. After it crossed Pleasant Road it tracked in a more easterly direction, causing additional minor tree, power line and roof damage before lifting and dissipating on the western side of Oak Valley Golf Course and Resort. Overall the tornado was rated EF1 with a max wind speed of 100 mph. The path length was 0.93 miles with a max path width of 150 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree across Abbey Lane.
March 2025	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
March 2025	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
March 2007	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	no account filed
February 2000	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Pevely	-	no account filed
October 1996	Hail	Pevely	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Windsor Harbor Road Bridge	4.3 miles	1983
Kimmswick Historic District	4.4 miles	2007
Stonebrook	5.9 miles	2011
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge	7.5 miles	1970

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74001078 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson County	All 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.