The Oliver Anderson Mansion and the Lexington Battlefield

A lot of history occurred here in 1861 and the house still salutes

Anderson House, the Union hospital, which Confederates stormed during the First Battle of Lexington. Americasroof, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

Exploring the significance of this historic home

What has been designated as the Anderson House and Lexington Battlefield was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1969. The house is also referred to as the Colonel Oliver Anderson House.

This mansion is associated with the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site. The house is a famous building in Lexington, Missouri (Lafayette County).

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Colonel William Oliver Anderson House, Civil War Battle of Lexington State Park, Lexington, Lafayette County, MO. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mo0019/>.

The previous occupants of this home

The Anderson House was built in 1853 by Colonel Oliver Anderson who was a native of Lexington, Kentucky. You could say he was a famous resident of the home.

Anderson was born in 1794, in Nicholasville, Kentucky. During the 1830s, he co-founded Anderson and Jackson, a successful hemp and cotton manufactory. In 1819, he married Mary Campbell and they had 10 children.