The Historic Bingham-Waggoner Home and Estate Goes Back to 1850
Open to the public and hosts weddings events too
The Bingham-Waggoner Home and Estate is located at 313 West Pacific in Independence, Missouri. This house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1980.
The estate is on a little over 19 acres of land. There’s the main house, a barn, and a stable. The house is three stories tall. The architectural design was initially Italian Villa in 1850, and in 1899, it was remodeled. It’s generally Italianate but has a blend of other styles. The whole structure contains a porch all around it.
This house had been associated with artist, George Caleb Bingham, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Waggoner-Gates Milling Company of Independence, Missouri.
George Caleb Bingham
George Caleb Bingham (b. Mar. 20, 1811, d. July 7, 1879) bought the house and property of about five acres in August 1864. In 1865, Bingham purchased an additional 17.5 acres. Fans of the American genre art will be familiar with Bingham’s work. Bingham’s artwork, The Jolly Flatboatmen, was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. in 2015.
Aside from being a great American artist, Bingham was also a captain in the Union Army under Robert T. Van Horn of Kansas…
