John H. Broeker House, Washington, Missouri.Photo byJon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The John H. Broeker House

The John H. Broeker House is located at 605 Locust Street in Washington, Missouri. This one-and-a-half-story house was built in 1868 on a brick foundation. It has a central passage plan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 2000.

This house is classified as a Vernacular Missouri-German type of construction. The walls are brick. The architect and builder are unknown. According to the Redfin real estate website, it was last sold in 1998.

Upon entry into the home, there is a dining room to your left and a living room to the right. As you continue through the hallway, there is a family room to the left and a kitchen and bathroom to the right. Behind the family room is a sun porch. The hallway ends in a bedroom.

The house was built either by or for German-born John H. Broeker. For most of the last half of the 1800s, he was a brick-maker in the construction industry. The house still served as a residence at the time the house was nominated for the National Register.

This house has a lot of characteristics with other early Missouri-German houses in Washington. It has a typical central passage plan. The historic Henry Beins House which is also on the National Register isn't too far from this house.

Broeker moved to Washington in 1857. For many years, Broeker was active in the construction industry. By 1874, he and his partner, Henry Michael, ran a brick-making business. It's said that in the 10 years they were in business together, they had produced around three million bricks.

Broeker later got together with Henry H. Beinke who was one of Washington's best builders. Broeker probably supplied Beinke with bricks for the many construction projects he had in Washington.

John lived in his house until January 2, 1898, when he died at age 66. His wife, Louisa Baumhoeffer Broeker, died at the very young age of 33-34 in 1880. According to Find-a-Grave records, they had a son named John H. Broeker who died on October 14, 1951, at age 84.

The H.P. Broeker House

The H.P. Broeker House was located at 523 Hooker Street in Washington, Missouri (Franklin County). His two-story house was constructed in 1868 on a brick foundation. On September 22, 2000, his house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but this status could change since it appears the house is no longer standing.

At some point between 2000 and 2013, it appears the H.P. Broeker House was demolished. The below image depicts the address of where the house was. Note the brown shed to the right in the background. That same shed is in the subsequent image that shows the H.P. Broeker Home.

This is the property address for the H.P. Broeker House in Washington, Missouri.Photo byGoogle Maps (2013).

The image below shows the H.P. Broeker home when it was still standing at the property address. You see the same brown shed in the background to the right. This property is also listed as a plot of land on Realtor.com.

H.P. Broeker House in Washington, Missouri.Photo byWaymarking.com.

This historic home had a stone foundation and brick walls. This house was also a Vernacular Missouri-German type with a central hallway.

This house was either built for or by H.P. Broeker. H.P. was an early street contractor. In 1870-1872, he served as a city trustee.

H.P. Broeker died on August 13, 1874, at the young age of 37. The administrators of the house were his daughter, Hannah Broeker, and Herman H. Beinke. Hannah owned the house through the 1890s.

There can be a strong assumption that John and H.P. were somehow related since several with the Broeker name resided in Washington. It's interesting their homes were built in the same year.

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