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Heritage of the past
Promise of the future
Conley House Dedication
University of Missouri-Columbia

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Conley House is a rare and
handsome example of the Italianate
Revival Victorian style of
architecture in Missouri.
Completed about 1868, it
is one of the oldest homes of
the period in the Columbia area
and was placed on the National
Register of Historic Places in
1973.
Under the administration of
Chancellor Barbara Uehling, the
University purchased the home in
1980 from George Miller, retired
Columbia lawyer and grandson of
the late Sanford Francis Conley
for whom the house was built.
Plans began immediately for the
renovation and restoration of the
house to be used by the campus.
The master plan includes the
Conley House to be an important
feature of the green space on the
south side of Jesse Hall, an area
which will become a south
quadrangle to echo Francis
Quadrangle on the north.
Members of the Conley family
have expressed interest in the
project through gifts and pledges
toward the cost of the restoration.
In addition, the house features
several antiques, including many
of the light fixtures, from the
Booth estate, which recently was
bequeathed to the University.
The preservation of Conley
House is an example of restoration
planning and adaptive uses of
historic buildings to meet modern
purposes. After considerable study
of various proposals for use of the
house, it was agreed that it best fit
the needs and missions of the
Honors College in the College of
Arts and Science and the Missouri
Cultural Heritage Center in the
Graduate School and Office of
Research. Both of these units
moved into the house following the
restoration.

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Conley House Dedication
University of Missouri-Columbia
September 12, 1986

Program

Master of Ceremonies
John Hall Dalton, chairman
Board of Trustees
Thomas Jefferson Club
Development Fund Board

Remarks
Barbara S. Uehling, Chancellor

Howard W. Marshall, Director
Missouri Cultural Heritage Center
Graduate School and Office of Research

Edwin M. Kaiser, Professor
Department of Chemistry and
Honors College Director

C. Peter Magrath, President
University of Missouri

Jeanne Epple, Board of Curators
University of Missouri

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Honors College
The Honors College provides a
stimulating and challenging
academic atmosphere for Mizzou's
most talented and motivated
undergraduate students. The
house provides classrooms for
many of the 60 honors courses
offered each semester and serves as
a meeting place for students in
small group settings with peers
and faculty. Academic advising
also is provided for honors
students at the facility.

The Missouri Cultural Heritage Center
The Missouri Cultural Heritage
Center was established in 1982
and grew out of the
multidisciplinary Ste. Genevieve
Community Study. The center is
charged with the nourishment of
cultural heritage studies at the
University and with the research,
analysis, preservation and
celebration of the heritage of the
state and region.
Cover photo compliments of George Conley Miller Circa 1892
UM and equal opportunity institution