John Garth House
# John Garth House

John Garth House, also known as Woodside Place, is a historic home located near Hannibal, Ralls County, Missouri. It was built about 1871, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Second Empire style frame dwelling. It measures approximately 99 feet by 54 feet and sits on a limestone block foundation. It features mansard roofs, projecting tower, four porches, and two semi-octagonal bay windows. It was built as a summer home for John H. Garth a prominent local citizen of Hannibal, Missouri and friend of Samuel $Clemens.^{:2}$ It is operated as Garth Woodside Mansion Bed and Breakfast Inn.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

