Thomas C. Fletcher House is a historic home located at Hillsboro,

Jefferson County, Missouri Jefferson County is located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 226,739, making it the sixth-most populous county in Missouri. Its ...

. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, log dwelling with later frame additions. It sits on a

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and

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foundation. It was the home of Thomas C. Fletcher, Missouri's first Republican governor and the first native-born Missourian elected governor. (includes 4 photographs from 1974) It was listed on the

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in 1974.

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Log houses in the United States Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Houses completed in 1850 Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Missouri {{JeffersonCountyMO-NRHP-stub