C Smithville and Longview Dam and Reservoir, Missouri, Projects Records, 1978-1979 2519 0.4 linear feet This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at shsresearch@umsystem.edu. INTRODUCTION The records of the Smith and Longview Dam and Reservoir contain National Architectural and Engineering Record/Historic American Buildings Survey photographs, field records, historical and descriptive data, maps, and drawings of historic architectural structures at the Smithville and Longview Lakes, MO. Included are Longview Farm, Rockford School, James Poff and Sophia Rollins residences, Reuben Ross barn, and Waddell "A" truss bridge. DONOR INFORMATION The records were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through Donald L. Fritts on 3 December 1980 (Accession No. SUNP2351). An addition was made on 2 April 1981 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through Donald L. Fritts (Accession No. SUNP2365). FOLDER LIST f. 1-32 Historical Data and Photographs f. 1-5 Written and descriptive data of the Reuben Ross barn, Sophia Rollins and James Poff houses, Rockford School, and Longview Farm. f. 6-26 Photographs. Longview Farm. f. 27 Photographs. Rockford School and Chapel Road House. f. 28-29 Photographs. Sophia Rollins house. f. 30 Photographs. Reuben Ross barn. f. 31-32 Photographs. James Poff house. f. 33 OVERSIZE Measured Drawings sheets 1-5 Reuben Ross Barn. This barn was built by Reuben Ross in 1925 to service his 140-acre farm. Located five miles northeast of Smithville in Clay County, it was built to house farm machinery, feed, and live-stock. sheet 1 Location map sheet 1 Floor plan sheet 3 Southeast elevation sheet 4 Northeast elevation and section B-B sheet 5 sheets 6-8 Section A-A Waddell "A" Truss Bridge (Linn Branch Bridge), 1898. Patented by J.A.L. Waddell, 13 November 1894, this bridge is the only surviving example of the truss type identified by the Historic American Engineering Record as of 1979. The "A" truss was conceived as an economical short-span, pin-connected
1979 Page 2 structure capable of carrying heavy traffic without excessive vibration. sheet 6 Plan and partial sections, north elevation and half section, and plan of chords sheet 7 Location maps and diagram of construction parts sheet 8 Diagram of construction parts sheets 9-13 Rockford School. Located at Longview and Raytown Roads in Jackson County, the original wood-frame building was replaced in 1916 by a brick structure. The school was one of four one-room elementary schools built in 1916 by the Hickman Mills Consolidated School District No. 1 and designed by J.H. Felt and Company of Kansas City. sheet 9 Site plan sheet 10 Basement plan sheet 11 First-floor plan sheet 12 East elevation sheet 13 Section A-A sheets 14-54 Longview Farm. Longview Farm, completed in 1914, was an estate built for Robert Alexander Long, a wealthy Kansas City lumberman. Located twenty miles south of Kansas City, Longview was intended to be both a rural retreat for the family and a working farm. Each activity was located in a specific area, such as the greenhouse, dairy, hog, show horse and work horse complexes, spread out over the 1700-acre estate with employees' housing interspersed. Designed by Henry F. Hoit, a prominent Kansas City architect, the buildings of Longview form an ensemble which is reinforced by the consistent use of stucco walls and red tile roofs. Longview was well-known for its fine breeds of show horses, pure milk, prize hogs, and prize roses, as well as the philanthropic interests of its owner, Robert A. Long. The farm, never intended to be profit-making, remains a tribute to his lifestyle and vision. sheet 14 History of site and gate elevation sheet 15 Overall site plan sheets 16-24 Longhouse Farm Greenhouse Complex. The greenhouse complex, lying northwest of the main residence, has three major components, each with separate but related functions: the garage/apartment/powerhouse, the greenhouses, and the greenhouse manager's house. sheet 16 Site plan. sheet 17 Garage, first-floor plan. Apartments, second-floor plan. sheet 18 Engine room, boiler room, floor plan. Potting room, first-floor plan. sheet 19 Typical greenhouse floor plan. sheet 20 West elevation of garage/apartments, engine room, boiler room, and potting room.
1979 Page 3 sheet 21 South (front) elevation of garage/powerhouse/greenhouses. sheet 22 West elevation of greenhouses. sheet 23 Greenhouse manager's house. First-and second-floor plans. sheet 24 Greenhouse manager's house. South and west elevations. sheets 25-41 Longview Farm Work Horse Complex. The work horse complex, located in the southwest corner of the farm, consisted of the work horse barn, paint/carpentry/ blacksmith shop, wagon shed, implement shed, and boarding house surrounding a central green. Serving the farm's day-to-day operational needs, these structures were among the first completed. sheet 25 Site plan sheets 26-29 Work horse barn, first-and second-floor plans sheets 30-31 Work horse barn, northeast elevation sheet 32 Work horse barn, southeast elevation and transverse section A-A sheets 33-34 Work horse barn, longitudinal section B-B sheets 35-37 (Hotel) Boarding house, basement, first-and second-floor plans sheets 38-40 (Hotel) Boarding house, northwest, southwest, southeast elevations. sheet 41 (Hotel) Boarding house, transverse section A-A sheets 42-54 Longview Farm Additional Residences. The general manager's house, the assistant manager's house, the six workers' cottages, and gate lodge no. 2 are all examples of the living accommodations provided on the farm for married workers who had varying levels of responsibility. Other workers' housing was scattered over other areas of the farm. sheet 42 Workers' cottages, site plan, typical floor plan, and typical north (front) elevation sheets 43-45 General manager's house, basement, first-and second-floor plans sheet 46 General manager's house, south and east elevations sheet 47 General manager's house, longitudinal section A-A sheets 48-49 Assistant manager's house, first-floor and roof plans sheets 50-51 Assistant manager's house, south and east elevations sheet 52 Assistant manager's house, transverse section sheet 53 Gate lodge 2, basement, first-floor, and roof plans sheet 54 Gate lodge 2, northwest elevation
1979 Page 4 INDEX TERMS subject folders images Architects--Missouri 1-33 y Architectural drawing 33 y Architecture, Domestic 21-23 y Architecture, Domestic 1,3-5 Architecture, Domestic 6-8,22-29,31-33 y Architecture--Designs and plans 33 y Architecture--Details 6-33 y Banks, Nathaniel P. (1816-1894) Barns 1,3-5 Barns 18-21,30 y Bridges 33 y Bryant, Mary H. Combs, Loula Long (1881- ) 3 Farm buildings 1, 3-5 Farm buildings 6-26, 30, 33 y Felt, John Henry 2 Greenhouses 11, 33 y Historic buildings--missouri 6-33 y Hoit, Henry Ford (1872- ) 3-5 Houses 6-8, 22-29, 31-33 y J. H. Felt and Company, Kansas City, Missouri 2 Long, Loula (1881- ) 3 Long, Robert Alexander (1850-1934) 3-5 Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Missouri 6-26, 33 y Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Missouri 3-5 Longview Lake Project--Missouri 6-27, 33 y Missouri, Clay County 28, 32 y Missouri, Clinton County 33 y Missouri, Jackson County 6-27 y Missouri, Lee's Summit 6-26 y Missouri, Smithville 28-32 y Missouri, Trimble 33 y Poff, James 1 Poff, James, House, Smithville, Missouri 31, 32 y Rockford School, Kansas City, Missouri 2, 27, 33 y Rollins, Sophia (1777-1868) 1
1979 Page 5 subject folders images Rollins, Sophia (1777-1868), House, Smithville, Missouri 1; 28, 29 Ross, Reuben, Barn, Smithville, Missouri 1; 30, 33 y School buildings 2 School buildings 27 y Smithville Lake Project, Missouri 28-33 y Vaness, Bob Waddell, J. A. L. (Architect) 33 y Wilcox, Orlando B. Williams, Adolphus W. 1 Woolnough, Walter W. y