Historic Henry Blosser Home Restoration Project

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Arron Hustead/Democrat-News

An ongoing historical restoration of the Henry Blosser House, located near the former town of Blosser, east of Malta Bend, will potentially turn the property into an event venue and country inn by fall 2017. The house, built in 1878, was admitted to the National Registry of Historic Places a hundred years later, and was named Missouri's most endangered historic place in 2014.

Saline County Historic Preservation Commission Co-Chair Jessica Adcock-Goodman (left) and Heartland Historic Homes' Kelee Katillac-Heiffus (right) hold a sign proclaiming "This place matters," in front of the Henry Blosser House Wednesday, Jan. 11. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
A side profile of the historic Henry Blosser House, where current construction work is rebuilding the front porch (left) on the north face of the house. Each side of the house originally featured its own porch, though the one on the east face (not pictured) was destroyed by a storm sometime prior to the house being admitted to the National Registry of Historic Places in 1978. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
The three-story barn adjacent to the Henry Blosser House. The barn, once restored, would house a catering kitchen in the basement and serve as an event hall and a potential reception hall for weddings. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
Inside the main floor of the Blosser House's three-story barn, where stalls could be used to house various vendors during an artisanal fair or rooms could be set up to house guests following a wedding reception. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)

The carriage house adjacent to the Blosser Home, scheduled to be restored along with the house and barn. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
Ongoing construction work to the front porch of the Henry Blosser Home, which once fully restored could serve as an event venue and country inn. Weddings would potentially be held on the porch with guests seated in rows of chairs set up on the front lawn. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
The western face of the Henry Blosser House (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
A winding staircase descends from the second floor to the main level of the Henry Blosser house. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
Jessica Adcock-Goodman and Kelee Katillac-Heifus discuss the bay window in the ladies' drawing room on the eastern side of the Henry Blosser house. A matching window in the gentlemen's' drawing room on the opposite side of the house had come loose and awaits restoration. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
The ballroom, located on the third floor of the Henry Blosser house. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)