Cottage Row [and] The Confederate Home Chapel

Cottage Row [and] The Confederate Home Chapel. . Cottage Row , Among the first buildings to be constructed at the Confederate Home of Missouri were small frame houses making up Cottage Row. These three room cottages were located along both sides of the road and served as independent living for veterans and their families. Located on lots 100 x 200 feet, it was common to see large vegetable gardens and fruit trees in the yards., The Daughters of the Confederacy provided furnishings for the first four cottages at a total cost of $395.05. In return, they were permitted to name the cottages; Missouri's Confederate Generals John S. Bowen, William Y. Slack, Mosby M. Parsons and Henry Little were honored in this manner. The ladies of Knox County, Mo., in recognition of a contribution they made, were given the opportunity to name a fifth cottage. It was named in honor of Gen. Martin E. Green., Of the original cottages, only one survives and now serves as the site administrator's residence., The Confederate Home Chapel , The chapel was built at the end of Cottage Row in 1892. A contemporary wrote, "At the south end of the street or avenue, stands a neat frame chapel built by the ladies of Lafayette county, at a cost of $1,200, where preaching service is regularly held." In 1913, the chapel was moved to a more central location to accommodate an aging resident population. Sixty-five years later, it was moved again to its present location, which approximates the original. The Perceptor Xi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority was instrumental in this endeavor., Missouri's Confederate Home Chapel is one of only two remaining Confederate chapels in the United States. The other is in Richmond, Va., [Photo captions, clockwise from top left, read] , The surgeon's residence , Stained glass window in the chapel , Cottage Row, early 1900s