Clark House, 616 East High Street, Boonville, MO. was the site of the First Cooper County Court. Robert P. Clark, and his wife, Malinda, and children from Estil County, Kentucky, settled in Franklin in 1817. Mr. Clark practiced law there. The following year the family moved across the Missouri River to Boonville where they bought a lot and built this house. In all probability this house was the site of the First Cooper County Court. An entry in the 1821 ledger states "...at a court continued and held at the house of Robert P. Clark in the town of Boonville, pursuant to adjournment on Tuesday the ninth day of January 1821..." Mr. Clark held office as Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, County Treasurer, County Postmaster, and County Commissioner of Schools up to and through 1835. His house with the attached dog trot and summer kitchen is remarkably well preserved with original siding, framing, and millwork, 4 fireplaces, random width flooring, walnut staircase to third floor, and a number of 6 over 6 windows. The above taken from "The "Boone's Lick"... A la Carte Missouri History on the Table". (Source: J. Thoma)
