Daniel Boone Home
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The Daniel Boone Home is a historic site
in Defiance
, Missouri
, United States
. The house was built by the Boone family and was Daniel Boone's
permanent home between 1803 and 1811, and on-and-off after 1811 until his death in 1820. The architecture of the home is Georgian style, and other various styles among the collection of 19th century buildings that make up the adjacent Boonesfield Village. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1973.
Historic site
A historic site is an official location where pieces of political, military or social history have been preserved. Historic sites are usually protected by law, and many have recognized with the official national historic site status...
in Defiance
Defiance, Missouri
Defiance is an unincorporated community in Saint Charles County, Missouri, located on state highway 94.-Situation:The Katy Trail State Park runs through Defiance near the Missouri River. This was the final home of frontiersman Daniel Boone, who settled in the Femme Osage Valley in 1799 after...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The house was built by the Boone family and was Daniel Boone's
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits mad']'e him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of...
permanent home between 1803 and 1811, and on-and-off after 1811 until his death in 1820. The architecture of the home is Georgian style, and other various styles among the collection of 19th century buildings that make up the adjacent Boonesfield Village. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1973.