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Photograph of Osage County Poorhouse
Photograph by Mikeefly, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Osage County Poorhouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“Osage County Poorhouse is a historic poorhouse located near Linn, Osage County, Missouri. It was built in 1893, and is a V-shaped, brick building with Queen Anne and Italianate style design elements.”

Wikipedia article Osage County Poorhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Osage County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. MO 621, 0.5 mi. S of Linn, Linn, 65051
  • When was it listed? February 1998
  • Category. building
  • Township. Crawford township
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 98000038 - 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Osage County Poorhouse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 128 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 July 2014Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178656-07607-04082019-1635
22 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178666-07607-04192018-1323
18 April 2019Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178582-07607-04182019-0210
10 April 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178662-07607-03302018-1530
28 March 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Osage County Poorhouse: 44 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jackets MineIronPast Producer
Unknonw - FeIronPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adelhard #1 PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Frank Poring PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Limberg PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Linnebrink PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this property

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linn, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 24 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 1999Tornado (F1)Linn$1,000,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLinn$5,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLinn$5,000Large tree limbs were snapped off and power lines were blown down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs onto County Road 303 just northeast of Linn. Also, the roof of a chicken coop was blown off in this area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds snapped off a power pole on the east side of town. About two miles south of Linn a large tree was blown down onto Highway 89.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees as well as power lines along Highway J about 5 miles northeast of Linn. Also, more trees were blown down about 5 miles east of Linn.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a house causing minor roof damage.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto County Road 310.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines around town.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLinn-Thunderstorm winds blew over several mail boxes in Linn.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLinn-A small tree was blown down onto Main Street in Linn.
April 2011HailLinn-Numerous reports of hail ranging from one inch to two and a half inches.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindLinn-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down onto County Road 604...west of Linn. Also...a small Cesna plane was flipped over at the Linn State Technical College Airport and a large tree was blown over onto County Road 801 southeast of Linn.
May 2008Heavy RainLinn-Heavy rain caused localized flooding across parts of Osage County. A couple of county roads were closed in the Linn area due to high water. State Route RA was closed southeast of Linn due to a flooded creek. Numerous low water crossings in the county were impassible.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLinn-A large tree was blown down across Highway 89 four and a half miles northeast of Linn.
May 2004HailLinn-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail west of Linn.
May 2004HailLinn-The County Sheriff reported nickel size hail on Route 89 between Linn and Belle.
December 2002HailLinn-An amateur radio spotter reported 3/4 inch hail northwest of Linn.
March 2000HailLinn-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLinn-Local law enforcement reported trees down on Highway U between Linn and Rich Fountain.
August 1995HailLinn-The county sheriff and highway patrol reported three-quarters inch diameter hail.
May 2017HailLinn-no account filed
May 2013HailLinn-no account filed
May 2011HailLinn-no account filed
April 2011HailLinn-no account filed
April 2011HailLinn-no account filed
May 2009HailLinn-no account filed
March 2008HailLinn-no account filed
April 2006HailLinn-no account filed
April 2006HailLinn-no account filed
April 2006HailLinn-no account filed
June 2006HailLinn-no account filed
July 2006HailLinn-no account filed
April 2005HailLinn-no account filed
April 2005HailLinn-no account filed
May 2003HailLinn-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindLinn-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLinn-no account filed
June 1999HailLinn-no account filed
June 1999HailLinn-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLinn-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindLinn-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindLinn-no account filed
December 1996HailLinn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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

2 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
Dr. Enoch T. and Amy Zewicki House0.5 miles2002
Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Parsonage5.9 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98000038 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Osage CountyAll 9 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.