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.[6] The reconstructed building is furnished in the style typical of the era when the O'Neill family occupied the estate.[7] The property now consists of the reconstructed homestead, Bonniebrook Art Gallery, Kewpie Museum, gift shop, research library and Rose O'Neill archives [8]

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 2020-03-12.
  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 2017-02-01.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 2020-03-12.
  5. "Rose O'Neill - Historic Missourians - The State Historical Society of Missouri". historicmissourians.shsmo.org. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  6. "Rose O'Neill and the Museum at Bonniebrook". The Official Site of Rose O'Neill and Bonniebrook. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  7. "Rose O'Neill and the Museum at Bonniebrook". The Official Site of Rose O'Neill and Bonniebrook. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  8. "Rose O'Neill and the Museum at Bonniebrook". The Official Site of Rose O'Neill and Bonniebrook. Retrieved 2020-03-12.


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