John W. Boone House

{{short description|Historic house in Missouri, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = John W. Boone House

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| image = JWBooneHouse.jpg

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| location = 4th St. between E. Broadway and Walnut, Columbia, Missouri

| coordinates = {{coord|38|57|8|N|92|19|57|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Missouri#USA

| architect =

| architecture = Box style

| added = September 4, 1980

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000400|title=Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR}}

| refnum = 80002309{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The John W. Boone House, also known as the Stuart P. Parker Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Columbia, Missouri. It was built about 1890, and is a two-story frame house that measures roughly 46 feet by 45 feet. It was the home of ragtime musician John William 'Blind' Boone.{{cite web| url =http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/80002309.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John W. Boone House| accessdate = 2016-09-01| author=Lucille Salerno and Greg Olson|format = PDF| date=January 2003|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}} The home, which is owned by the City of Columbia,{{cite web| last =Salerno| first =Lucille| title =A Brief History of John William "Blind" Boone| url =http://blindboone.missouri.org/history.html| accessdate =2009-07-05| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090422042741/http://www.blindboone.missouri.org/history.html| archivedate =2009-04-22}} had fallen into a state of severe disrepair, but is now under restoration {{cite web|url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/apr/24/in-a-past-life-historic-house-was-red-faced/|title=In a past life, historic house was red-faced|last=Semelka|first=Sara|date=2009-04-24|accessdate=2009-07-05|publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119215012/http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/apr/24/in-a-past-life-historic-house-was-red-faced/|archive-date=2013-01-19|url-status=dead}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.