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Dexter Gymnasium

Coordinates: 36°47′25″N 89°57′50″W / 36.79028°N 89.96389°W / 36.79028; -89.96389
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Dexter Gymnasium
Dexter Gymnasium, April 2014
Dexter Gymnasium is located in Missouri
Dexter Gymnasium
Dexter Gymnasium is located in the United States
Dexter Gymnasium
LocationJct. of Park Lane and Fannetta St., Dexter, Missouri
Coordinates36°47′25″N 89°57′50″W / 36.79028°N 89.96389°W / 36.79028; -89.96389
Arealess than one acre
Built1939 (1939)-1940
ArchitectSutterfield, J.L.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.01000839[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2001

Dexter Gymnasium is a historic gymnasium located at Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was built in 1939-1940 during the Great Depression on a block donated to the local school system, and shares the block with a school and library. It is a rectangular two-story, Art Deco-style, reinforced concrete and brick building. It measures 88 feet by 96 feet and has a gentle geodesic arch roof. "The fourteen "ziggurat"-styled support columns or buttresses, seven each along the north and south facades, with their incised vertical lines, are an excellent example of this Art Deco style."[2]: 5 

The school district built a new gymnasium in 1960, and this building was adapted for community use. In 1996 the school district donated the building and property to the city.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Leslie I. Booher (April 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dexter Gymnasium" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 4 photographs from 2001)