Rainey Funeral Home Building, Funeral home in Marshfield, US
The Rainey Funeral Home Building is a 1938 structure in Marshfield featuring Tudor Revival design with distinctive architectural elements. It combines a one-and-a-half-story main section, a two-story tower topped with a conical roof, and a one-story wing, all built from local fieldstone with raised mortar joints characteristic of Ozark Rock Masonry.
Built about 1938, the building served as a funeral home under a succession of operators, including the Roller-Brllce, Barber-Barto, Barber-Edwards and Arthur names, the last as Arthur's Colonial Chapel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The building's many names trace its succession of funeral-home operators, from Roller-Brllce and Barber-Barto through Barber-Edwards, Barber-Edwards-Arthur and Arthur Funeral Home to Arthur's Colonial Chapel. The name Rainey Funeral Home Building is the one under which it was listed on the National Register in 2014.
The building stands at the corner of East Washington Street in Marshfield, Missouri, and is a private funeral home rather than a public museum. Visitors can view the Tudor Revival exterior, including the round tower and glass block windows, from the street; interior access depends on the funeral home's operations.
The structure features glass block windows, a modern detail that was innovative for funeral home design in the late 1930s. This material choice reflected contemporary building trends while maintaining the traditional aesthetic of the era.
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