Harper School (Harper, Missouri)

Harper School
Locationjct. of MO 82 and MO U, Harper, Missouri
Coordinates38°3′47″N 93°31′4″W / 38.06306°N 93.51778°W / 38.06306; -93.51778
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1875 (1875)
Architectural styleone-room schoolhouse
NRHP reference No.07000751[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 2007

Harper School, also known as Harper Community Building, is a historic one-room school located at Harper, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was built about 1875, and is a one-story, one-room frame schoolhouse with twin entrances. It measures 20 feet wide by 32 feet long and has a gable roof with shed roof porch. Also on the property is a contributing frame privy (1935). The school closed in 1952 and houses a community centre.[2]: 5 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Linda Harper and Roger Maserang (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harper School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 8 photographs from 2007)