Bates-Geers House, view 1
Bates-Geers House
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Built between 1825 - 1840
Historic Person to build: Addison Bates
Not far from Paddy's Chapel there stood the old Addison Bates home. Bates was one of the early settlers in Texas County, Mo. and owned a sawmill. Bates was from the south and he constructed a home unsurpassed in the hills in its day, modeling it after the colonial plantation homes of his home.
The home later was sold to William & Mary Roby.
John Geers then purchased the home.
Later it was sold to the son Charles Geers son of John. Charles married Sylvania Rose Neal.
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Built between 1825 - 1840
Historic Person to build: Addison Bates
Not far from Paddy's Chapel there stood the old Addison Bates home. Bates was one of the early settlers in Texas County, Mo. and owned a sawmill. Bates was from the south and he constructed a home unsurpassed in the hills in its day, modeling it after the colonial plantation homes of his home.
The home later was sold to William & Mary Roby.
John Geers then purchased the home.
Later it was sold to the son Charles Geers son of John. Charles married Sylvania Rose Neal.
Date & Place:
at Addison Bates in Plato, Texas County, Missouri United States