Hicklin Hearthstone

Hicklin Hearthstone is a historic home located near Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri.

It was built about 1838, and is a two-story, central passage plan, Greek Revival style brick I-house.

Per a 1912 article written at the time of Young Hicklin's death, the family hired a carpenter from Virginia who lived on the property for three years.

The house was one of many elegant mansions that were to be built along the Dover Road during the 1830s – 1850s, as hemp plantations were established to meet the growing need for rope.

To this day, it remains one of the most interesting and impressive antebellum country houses in Western Missouri, as well as suspected breeding plantation.

One of the most striking features of the original portico were two great porch pillars, one of solid walnut and one of a white oak.

Hicklin Hearthstone is a very traditional southern type; two full stories tall, its high-ceilinged rooms divided are by a Georgian central hallway.

The primary façade of the Hicklin home is dominated by a one bay wide, two story portico with doors surrounded by sidelights and a rectangular transom.

At the eave line is an elaborate carved Doric frieze, identical to that on Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

Although it has an impressive façade, the house was relatively modest, originally having only four rooms and a detached two story summer kitchen.

In the early 1990s, her son, John Jr. and his wife renovated the house, including the addition of a brick two bay garage, removal of the private stairwell in the west parlor, renovation of the sun porch, installation of central heat and air, tuckpointing of the exterior brick, a new roof, and boxed two story columns.

In 2018 to present, a member of the fifth generation has restored the dependencies and the carriage house; work continues.