Court Street Historic District

John W. Tucker commissioned the house in 1912 and purportedly used brick from Daniel M. Tucker's house built in 1856. The bricks may be even older, because Daniel used bricks from the 1825 Callaway Courthouse to construct his home. John W. was a descendent of James St. George Tucker who brought his family to Callaway County in 1830. In 1835 Mr. Tucker moved his family to Fulton. – National Register nomination

Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Tucker moved here as newlyweds in 1906. Mr. Tucker had this house built for his bride, Mattie Belle Pratt. James Roy Tucker was the oldest son of John Wm. Tucker and Carrie Lee Hockaday Tucker, both of whom were from prominent families in Fulton. – National Register nomination

According to the legal abstract for this property, John H. and Mary Jameson sold the lot for this house on April 28, 1880 to Martin Yates for $600. M. Fred Bell indicated in his Pleasant Homes and How to Make Them (1884) that he had designed a residence for Martin Yates, Physician, Fulton, MO. Ovid Bell, Jr., says that the foundation was laid (with a separate foundation for each room) and was allowed to settle for a year before the rest of the house was built. Thomas H. Van Sant and his wife bought the house from the Yates heirs on May 14, 1937. When the Van Sants lived here, Senator Harry Truman visited the house several times. Truman may have been a visitor in this house when he was President of the United States, but this information has not been verified. On October 26, 1953, Thomas and Katherine Van Sant sold the property to Ovid and Martha N. Bell, making the Bells the third family to own the home. – National Register nomination

In 1899, Oscar Black and his family bought the house. The Blacks had 4 sons and a daughter, Frances. By 1904, Frances had completed an AB degree at the Synodical College in Fulton. In 1910, she went to WMU Training School in Louisville, Kentucky and received a BMT degree there in 1912. By 1914, Frances moved back home to open a kindergarten in the upstairs hall of the house at 808 Court. In 1950 she sold the property to her brother, Rev. J.R. Black. The Rev. J.R. Black was also a very educated man for his time, he graduated from Westminster College in 1906 and Warrensburg State Teacher's College in 1910. In 1915, he received a Th. M. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. By 1950 he retired moved back into the house. There he started the Offset Printing Business of Associational Minutes of Southern Baptist Convention in the basement. He published for 25 different states before he sold the business 1955 to Missouri Baptist Press. – National Register nomination

Dave McCue and his wife Ida, both of whom worked at the Missouri School for the Deaf, built the property. The house was likely commissioned when Mr. McCue obtained the position of Assistant Superintendent of the School for the Deaf in 1907. However, as Mr. McCue was not a wealthy man and he ran out of funds before the house was completed. According to Jay Dunham, who was interviewed regarding the property, McCue had been very good to the Christian Church, so the church got behind him to finish construction. He was also assisted by has brother, a brick maker. At the time of completion, this was considered one of the grandest homes in Fulton. The building was later used as a funeral home and office building. – National Register nomination

Built in 1914 for J. N. Dutton, who later moved to 810 Court where he was living when he died. Mrs. Beulah Alexander bought this house from Mr. Dutton, likely after the death of her husband in 1926. To support her family, she rented a typewriter and taught herself to type. She eventually became City Clerk and held that position for over 25 years. – National Register nomination

Daniel M. Tucker gave this plot of land to his granddaughter, Adah Gertrude Tucker as a wedding gift in 1902. In 1905 Adah married John Harry Atkinson and they had this house built. Adah had always liked the staircase located in her fathers clothing store, so she had the architect build a smaller scale version for this house. – National Register nomination