Image: DOWNING HOUSE
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Description: - CIRCA 1858 BY THOMAS DOWNING, A VIRGINIAN; GREEK REVIVAL STYLE; IT WAS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE UNION ARMY AND UNION SOLDIERS RODE THEIR HORSES IN THE FRONT DOOR. IT ALSO SERVED AS A PRISON., INSIDE IS A LIFE SIZE MODEL OF ELLA EWING, THE MISSOURI GIANTESS WHO WAS 8 FEET 4 INCHES TALL (277 POUNDS) AND WAS AN ATTRACTION IN THE BARNUM CIRCUS
Title: DOWNING HOUSE
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