Big Bend Rural School
Big Bend Rural School | |
| Location | Route 19, near Steelville, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 37°59′47″N 91°22′31″W / 37.99639°N 91.37528°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1893 |
| Built by | Salzer, John |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001643[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1978 |
Big Bend Rural School is a historic one-room school building located near Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri. It was built in 1893, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building on a native sandstone foundation. It measures 20 feet by 25 feet and has a gable roof. Big Bend School closed in 1949 and is owned by the Crawford County Historical Society.[2]: 2, 5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Noelle Soren (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Big Bend Rural School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 1, 2016.] (includes 2 photos from 1978)