Bonniebrook Homestead

Bonniebrook Homestead is a historic homestead site located near Walnut Shade, Taney County, Missouri. It was a pioneer homestead of the O'Neill's, the first family to enter the land from the public domain as a Homestead property. It was the Ozark home of Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), inventor of the kewpie doll and illustrator of "sweet monsters".[2] She is buried on the site in the O'Neill family cemetery.[3]: 2–4  Rose O'Neill named the estate after the stream that ran near the family's original cabin.[4] The homestead burned down in January 1947. The building that exists now is a reconstruction of the original home.[5] The Bonniebrook Historical Society began reconstructing the homestead in 1975 with construction completing on the 14 room building in 1993.[4] The reconstructed building is furnished in the style typical of the era when the O'Neill family occupied the estate.[4] The property now consists of the reconstructed homestead, Bonniebrook Art Gallery, Kewpie Museum, gift shop, research library and Rose O'Neill archives [4]

Bonniebrook Homestead
Bonniebrook Homestead is located in Missouri
Bonniebrook Homestead
Bonniebrook Homestead is located in the United States
Bonniebrook Homestead
LocationU.S. Route 65, near Walnut Shade, Missouri
Coordinates36°46′24″N 93°13′11″W
Area172 acres (70 ha)
Built1893 (1893)
NRHP reference No.84002720[1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1997

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Sweetest of Monsters". State Of the Ozarks Showcase. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. Robert H. Gibbons, James M. Denny, and Robert Flanders (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bonniebrook Homestead" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Rose O'Neill and the Museum at Bonniebrook". The Official Site of Rose O'Neill and Bonniebrook. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. "Rose O'Neill - Historic Missourians - The State Historical Society of Missouri". historicmissourians.shsmo.org. Retrieved March 12, 2020.


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