Efforts to catalog residences throughout Daviess County have been sporadic over the years. One grouping of eight Gallatin residences was published in the Daviess County Centennial Edition (September, 1937). During the late 1970s, an extensive study of communities throughout the region was done by Tom Carneal, longtime chairman of the History Department at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. His catalogs of residences and historical locations are included below.
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Many historical photographs were produced by the Shultz Studio in Gallatin. Shultz Studio was prominent in recording Daviess County people and places for many decades. The following examples are photographs of farm homes and town residences archived by the Daviess County Historical Society: (click on any image for enlargement)
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- This is the Knight Home, located at 602 Forest Street in southeast Gallatin, MO. This residence was featured in the History of Daviess and Gentry Counties (reprinted 1922) where it was identified as the residence of Idella Knight and her sister, Mrs. Mary McCullough.
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- This stately residence was the home of Boyd Dudley Brandom at 312 East Grand Street in Gallatin, MO. Brandon arrived in Gallatin in 1874 to live with his uncle, H.C. McDougal and studied law in the office of Shanklin, Lowe and McDougal. He was never elected to public office nor was in military service despite his customary title of “Colonel,” but he was active in civic affairs.
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- This is the former home of J.W. Alexander, located at 301 East Grand Street in Gallatin. Alexander was a Congressman rising to Speaker of the House (1886), the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, attorney and twice served as Gallatin mayor. He served as the senior member of the law firm Alexander, Richardson & Allen in 1897 and he was owner and president of the Gallatin Savings Bank, part owner of the Windsor Hotel, and treasurer of Grand River College of Gallatin, MO. Alexander resided in this house while Gallatin was in the national spotlight during the trial of outlaw Frank James in 1883.
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- This landmark residence built by Mr. Tuggle later became known as the A.T. Ray Home, located at 212 West Van Buren in Gallatin, MO. (date unknown)
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- This fine home at 115 East Berry Street in Gallatin, MO, was once the home of the Cruzen family. The mother of the household, Mary Edna, directed the Missouri State Employment Service during the Civil Works Administration during the critical Depression years. Her son, Richard, became Rear Admiral Cruzen who led in the exploration of the Antarctic (1936-46).
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- These residences once stood along Grand Street in Gallatin, MO, in 1910. (exact address unknown)
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- The Eddie Elbert residence at 201 East Grand Street, Gallatin. Photo taken Nov. 27, 1978.
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- This Victorian home once stood at the corner of East Berry and North Clay Streets in Gallatin, MO. It was called Elmhurst, the home of the Etter family. (date unknown)
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- This was the home for attorney Henry Clay McDougal, located along East Jackson facing North Maple Street, in Gallatin, MO.
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- This photo, taken about 1880, shows Mary Elizabeth McNeel Hill and Anna E. Hill Eads.
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- William Coen residence at 401 West South Street, Gallatin, MO, on Nov. 27, 1978.
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- By 1916 when this photo was taken, the Givens home was a handsome residence destined later to house a farm implement dealership. The home was located at 100 East Johnson along South Main Street in Gallatin, MO.
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- This stately residence at 212 East Berry Street, Gallatin, MO, was the home of Charles Knauer in 1916.
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- This fine Victorian home was once the residence of R.M. McCene, located at the corner of West Van Buren and South Market streets in Gallatin, MO. Immediately west in Victorian splendor is the A.T. Ray Home, destined to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- The Bob Barlow residence at 412 West South Street, Gallatin, on July 15, 1978.
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- The Hugh Tarwater residence in Gallatin, MO. Schultz Studio, (date unknown)
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- This view may be of East Grand Street in Gallatin, MO (date unknown)
Attorney Henry Clay McDougal’s residence while in Gallatin, MO, was located at Berry & Maple Streets. It was a 2-story brick home over a raised basement, which made the main entrance facing Maple Street elevated. This woodcut image was made by Martha P. Sellers.
This is the architect’s blueprint of the “Knight Home,” located at 602 Forest Street in southeast Gallatin, MO. It is one of a set of blueprints shared by Ben and Mary Hacking, the home’s owners during 2018. This residence was featured in the History of Daviess and Gentry Counties (reprinted 1922) where it was identified as the residence of Idella Knight and her sister, Mrs. Mary McCullough.
