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Photograph of Albert Bishop Chance House and Gardens
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Albert Bishop Chance House and Gardens

Built in 1904 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“The Chance House and Gardens is a historic home and garden located at Centralia, Missouri. The house was built in 1904, and is a two-story, Queen Anne style frame dwelling on a raised brick basement.”

Wikipedia article Albert Bishop Chance House and Gardens, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 51 National Register listings published here for Boone County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1904, Queen Anne style.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Chance, Albert Bishop, House and Gardens - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 319 E. Sneed St., Centralia, 65240
  • When was it listed? July 1979
  • Category. building
  • Township. Centralia township
  • When was it built? 1904
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 79001345 - 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.

The ground it stands on

16,599 words

The chapter on Centralia Township in History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and Comp. from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources; Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages. Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the City of St. Louis ... Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens .., published 1882 names Centralia. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The first settlements in what is now Centralia township, were made by " Eudy " (Eudolph) March, Wm. Sexton, Peter Stice and Thomas Sexton, who moved in from Howard county and settled in the southwestern part of the township, along a small branch of Silvers' Fork, about the year 1822. All of them were originally from Madison county, Kentucky. In the spring of 1825, Daniel Hunter purchased he farm of Eudy March (sec. 31 - 51 - 11), where G. H. Chance now lives, and removed thereto with his family. This was the extreme northern settlement in the county at that time. Mr. Hunter put up the first horse mill in 1836.

Passage source: History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and Comp. from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources; Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages. Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the City of St. Louis ... Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens .., published 1882.

It is said that no regular physican located in this township until about the time Centralia town was founded. Dr. A. F. Sneed was probably the first located physician. The name of the first minister to hold religious services cannot now be ascertained, but the first religious organization formed of which there is definite knowledge, was that of Union Church in 1854. (See history.) The date of the first school, the name of the teacher, etc., have not been learned.

Passage source: History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and Comp. from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources; Including a History of Its Townships, Towns, and Villages. Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the City of St. Louis ... Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Prominent Citizens .., published 1882.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Centralia Township - 16,599 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Storms near this property

41 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centralia, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 7 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCentralia1 hurtThunderstorm winds blew over a large tree onto a mobile home on Alco Street near intersection with South Green Street. The occupant was injured with numerous broken bones.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCentralia1 hurtno account filed
March 2000Tornado (F1)Centralia$50,000A small tornado formed very quickly southwest of Centralia and caused damage for about a 1/4 mile. One home lost 1/2 of its roof, a large deck on another home was destroyed, windows were broken, outbuildings destroyed, and trees and powerlines downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCentralia$4,500The Boone County Emergency Operations Center reported golf ball-size hail along the Boone-Randolph County line and in the Hallsville area. Hail reached two inches in diameter in Sturgeon, but most stones were smaller. Wind gusts to 60 mph were also reported north of Ashland with a roof damaged and trees down across northeast parts of the county.
April 2008Flash FloodCentralia$1,000Very heavy rain, between one and two inches, fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils. Several roads were flooded including Highway CC near Tri City Road, west of Centralia and the intersection of Brown School Road and Range Line Road, north of Columbia.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines, as well as numerous tree limbs around town.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees, numerous tree limbs and power lines around town.
August 2016Flash FloodCentralia-Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding across the northeastern portions of the county. Several roads were flooded including Route Z at intersection with Route D.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and power lines around town.
April 2012Flash FloodCentralia-Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including U.S. Highway 63 near Ashland, Route Y near the Boone/Callaway county line, and the intersection of Highway 22 and Schunemeyer Road just northwest of Centralia.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm winds blew over numerous tree limbs in Centralia and several trees along Route Z in eastern Boone county. Some of these trees knocked down power lines as well.
July 2010Flash FloodCentralia-Up to five inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Route Z just south of Centralia. One vehicle drove into the flood waters on Route Z and got stuck, so a water rescue had to be performed. No one was injured in the incident.
October 2009Flash FloodCentralia-Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded countywide, including Highway CC at Tri City Road between Sturgeon and Centralia.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in town. A few of the trees knocked down power lines, affecting 400 households for a brief time.
March 2008Flash FloodCentralia-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over northern Boone county on March 17th. Several secondary roads were flooded including Highway CC at the intersection with Tri City Road, just west of Centralia.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2007Flash FloodCentralia-Heavy rain flooded roads in and around Centralia. Up to 2 feet of water was reported covering Schunemeyer Road.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Storm spotters reported large tree limbs down from estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCentralia-The County EMA reported trees and power lines down in Centralia.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and snapped numerous large tree limbs, primarily across the southern part of town. One home on S. Collier Street suffered major damage from a downed tree.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Emergency Management officials reported several large trees down.
May 2003HailCentralia-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a couple of outbuildings and downed trees and powerlines.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage at a farm on Audrain Road 224 north of Centralia. The roof of a barn was blown off and several trees were downed or damaged.
April 1998HailCentralia-Spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindCentralia-Thunderstorm winds downed trees across the area. One tree blocked Route CC on the west side of town.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCentralia-The Boone County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down in Centralia. The frames of a new apartment complex under construction were also blown down.
March 2024HailCentralia-no account filed
May 2016HailCentralia-no account filed
May 2013HailCentralia-no account filed
April 2012HailCentralia-no account filed
March 2011HailCentralia-no account filed
June 2005HailCentralia-no account filed
June 2005HailCentralia-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCentralia-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCentralia-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCentralia-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCentralia-no account filed
May 1998HailCentralia-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCentralia-no account filed
May 1996HailCentralia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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

1 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Chatol0.4 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79001345 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Boone CountyAll 51 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.
  • 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.