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Harper School (Harper, Missouri)

Coordinates: 38°3′47″N 93°31′4″W / 38.06306°N 93.51778°W / 38.06306; -93.51778
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Harper School
Harper School (Harper, Missouri) is located in Missouri
Harper School (Harper, Missouri)
Harper School (Harper, Missouri) is located in the United States
Harper School (Harper, Missouri)
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

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  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 2017-02-01. (includes 8 photographs from 2007)