Wheatley Public School
Wheatley Public School | |
Wheatley Public School, October 2014 | |
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Location | 921 Garfield St., Poplar Bluff, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 36°45′53″N 90°23′49″W / 36.76472°N 90.39694°WCoordinates: 36°45′53″N 90°23′49″W / 36.76472°N 90.39694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1928 |
Architect | Bonsak and Pearce Inc.; Miller, J.J. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Poplar Bluff MPS |
NRHP Reference # | 98000037[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 13, 1998 |
Wheatley Public School is a historic school building located at Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. It was built in 1928, and is a two-story, "U"-plan, Colonial Revival style brick building with a central gymnasium. It sits on a cast concrete foundation and has a flat roof. It was constructed to serve the African-American student population and remained so until the end of segregation in 1958.[2]:5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Philip Thomason (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheatley Public School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
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