Benjamin Horr House, also known as the Standard Printing Company, is a historic home located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style brick structure. It has a front gable roof with cornice. It is the earliest surviving building to have been used for education in Hannibal, having once housed a private school run by the family of one of Mark Twain's former schoolteachers.[2]: 40–41 

Benjamin Horr House
Benjamin Horr House, September 2014
Benjamin Horr House is located in Missouri
Benjamin Horr House
Benjamin Horr House is located in the United States
Benjamin Horr House
Location308 Center St., Hannibal, Missouri
Coordinates39°42′36″N 91°21′27″W / 39.71000°N 91.35750°W / 39.71000; -91.35750
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Builtc. 1855 (1855)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPSHannibal Central Business District MRA
NRHP reference No.86003587[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1986

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Esley Hamilton (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hannibal Central Business District MRA" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2021-12-28.