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The Campbell House Museum
The Campbell House Museum was
opened on February 6, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri and has become one
of the best historical properties in the area. Between 1936 and
1941, it became one of the Historic American Buildings Survey and
was made a City of St. Louis Landmark in 1946. In 1977, the museum
was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 2000
was made a National Trust for Historic Preservation Save American's
Treasures project. It is owned and managed by the Campbell House
Foundation, a non-profit and is a marvelous example of Victorian
style architecture. The home was constructed in 1851 by John Hall
who sold it to Cornelia Hempsted Wilson in 1853, although she would
only live here for a year and then sell it to Robert Campbell in
1854. His family would then live here until the final child passed
on in 1938. Virginia and Robert Campbell bought the house for
$18,000 and within months of moving in, started expanding it; adding
on more servant quarters, a bigger kitchen and dining room.
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