Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri)

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

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

{{Infobox NRHP

| name =Thomas Nelson House

| nrhp_type = nrhp

| image = Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri).jpg

| caption =

| location = 700 Tenth St.
Boonville, Missouri

| coordinates = {{coord|38|58|26|N|92|44|5|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Missouri#USA

| area =

| built = {{start date and age|1843}}

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = March 16, 1990

| mpsub = [http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/64000389.pdf Boonville Missouri MRA]

| refnum = 82005302{{NRISref|2008a}}

}}

Thomas Nelson House, also known as Forest Hill, is a historic home located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1843, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a rear ell. Symmetrical, flanking one-story wings were added about 1946. It has a side gable roof and features a two-story gabled, pedimented front portico, constructed about 1853. The house is in the George Caleb Bingham painting "Forest Hill the Nelson Homestead."{{cite web| url =http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/82005302.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas Nelson House| accessdate = 2016-11-01| author=Preservation Planning Section|format = PDF| date=May 1989|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}}] (includes 9 photos from 1989){{rp|2}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.