You Can Buy an Entire Historic Village in Missouri for $1,850,000 — and It Sits Next to Daniel Boone's Grave
Most Zillow listings are a house. Occasionally they are a compound. Very rarely they are an entire assembled historic village on 32 acres in Missouri's wine country, adjacent to the original burial site of Daniel Boone, containing 1790s log cabins, a schoolhouse purchased on eBay and moved 680 miles, tipis, Conestoga wagons, a barn wedding venue, and a family cemetery. That is what Reddit spotted this week at $1,850,000.
How a Village Gets Built
The property was originally part of the Bryan family farm — Rebecca Boone's nephew's land — and sits directly adjacent to the Daniel Boone Monument, marking where Daniel and Rebecca Boone were originally buried in 1813 and 1820. The current owners purchased the farm in 2009 and spent years transforming it into what became Boone Monument Village, an operating historic venue and wedding destination. The Bryan family log cabin from the late 1790s was restored from major disrepair. The one-room schoolhouse — with its original separate front doors for boys and girls — was spotted for sale on eBay, purchased, cut into sections, loaded onto trucks, and moved 680 miles to the site. A log cabin from Belleville, Illinois was relocated to serve as a honeymoon cabin. An 1830s German stone house provided wall materials for the barn banquet center. The entire property was furnished with period antiques and quality reproductions. The school bell now tolls for wedding ceremonies.
What You're Actually Buying
The 32-acre property includes the 1860 brick main house — restored on its original foundation, furnished with period antiques, and available as a rental — along with the 1790s Bryan family log cabin, the relocated schoolhouse, a stone cabin, a 4,000-square-foot barn banquet center with a wood-burning fireplace and full kitchen, Conestoga and sheepherder's wagons, a tipi village, a three-acre stocked pond, a greenhouse, and the Bryan family cemetery. Total livable space across all structures is 9,636 square feet. The property operates as a wedding venue, event space, and historic lodging destination, with an established rental history. It sits at the heart of Missouri's wine country, steps from the Katy Trail, and minutes from multiple wineries and restaurants. The listing notes it would work equally well as a permanent residence or a country home. That is one way to put it. Another is that you would be buying a village.
The Internet Has Thoughts
Naturally, this listing caught the attention of Reddit's r/zillowgonewild community. See what people are saying about it here.
An 1790s cabin, a schoolhouse moved 680 miles, a tipi village, a wedding barn, and Daniel Boone next door. View the full listing here.
