Big Bend Rural School

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Big Bend Rural School
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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 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 # 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

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Noelle Soren (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Big Bend Rural School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01.] (includes 2 photos from 1978)