Kendrick Place

The Kendrick House
PO Box 406
Carthage, MO 64836

417-358-0636

Kendrick Place is located in Kendrick Town just north of Carthage on Garrison Street (old highway 71). Kendrick Place is presently owned by Victorian Carthage, Inc. and is open for tours and catered special events. For more information see Tours, Special Events and Catering.

A brief history of the house follows for a more detailed history of the house see House History for accounts by 1) Marvin Van Gilder and 2) Jack and Lucille Janney (the last family members to reside in the house). The Family History page gives genealogical information furnished by Christie Ann (Hill) Russell.

Journal of the Senate

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

SEVENTY-SECOND DAY--THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1999

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 900

WHEREAS, the members of the Missouri Senate always enjoy acknowledging milestones attained by those institutions which have played an historically important role in Show-Me State heritage; and

WHEREAS, on Saturday, May 15, 1999, a special observance in Carthage, Missouri, will commemorate the 1849 start of construction on historic Kendrick Place, an event scheduled in conjunction with National Historic Preservation Week which runs from May 9 through May 15; and

WHEREAS, one hundred fifty years ago the Kendrick family built a home which family descendants, Jacque and Herschel Stroud, contracted to sell to Victorian Carthage, Incorporated in 1989; and

WHEREAS, opened as a museum in 1991 after considerable restoration, Kendrick Place will pay off and burn its mortgage to the Stroud family during this year's anniversary celebration using funds raised almost exclusively from its annual home tour; and

WHEREAS, as part of the festivities, Company B of the 4th Missouri Infantry commanded by Captain Bill Dedman and Company A of the 3rd Missouri Cavalry Dismounted commanded by Captain Doug Moody will provide a Confederate States Army reenactment with drills and camp life; and

WHEREAS, crafts such as spinning, basket weaving, rope making, quilting, and lye soap making will be demonstrated along with dutch-oven cooking and music provided by dulcimer players, a banjo player, and the Carthage Community Band under the direction of Marvin Van Gilder; and

WHEREAS, in addition to their literal role as Kendrick family descendants, Jacque and Herschel Stroud will recreate the personages of Dr. Albert G. and Pamelia Huffman dressed in historical era clothing and with authentic medical instruments in an endeavor to illustrate what it was like to live during the war years, practice medicine in the Union Army, and care for the sick and wounded in recuperation hospitals:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri Senate, Ninetieth General Assembly, join unanimously to applaud the work of Victorian Carthage, Incorporated as it celebrates the One Hundred Fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Kendrick Place and to congratulate the esteemed Stroud family and all of the other participants in this festive and historical Civil War era reenactment for a job very well done; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution in commemoration of the Sesquicentennial celebration of Kendrick Place.

Jacqueline and Herschal Stroud in the Kendrick House, May 2003
hljlstroud@aol.com