Big Bend Rural School

Big Bend Rural School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Route 19, near Steelville, Missouri
Coordinates	37°59′47″N91°22′31″W / 37.99639°N 91.37528°W / 37.99639; -91.37528
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1893 (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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. 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)