HAPPY 125TH (Quasquicentennial) ANNIVERSARY

Adam S. Scott (1851-1937) married Dora A. Hoop Scott (1859-1940) in Ohio before coming to Joplin in 1896 or 1898.  Once in Joplin, Adam was extensively engaged in mining lead and zinc and at one point was the Superintendent of the Tennessee Mining Co.  Adam was active in politics, was the mayor of Wellston, Ohio, and a personal friend and supporter of President William McKinley.  He was also one of the founders of the Chillicothe-Hamilton-Dayton Railroad in Ohio. 

Dora was a schoolteacher before her marriage.  She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, National Congress of Mothers which later became the National Congress of Parents and Teachers (now the National PTA), the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (a liquor prohibition organization) and many more religious and social organizations.  The couple had five children. 

Architecture – The house has bay windows, hipped dormers, and two brick chimneys that rise from the roof ridge.  Fluted pilasters articulate each corner of the house.  Scrolled brackets and dentil molding ornament the roofline.  A sleeping porch, with the same fluted pilasters, dentil molding and brackets, projects from the second story.  The first story has historic tripartite wood windows with leaded glass in the upper sash.  The wood panel door has oval glazing.