College Apartments

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College Apartments

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College Apartments, September 2014
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Location 408 E. Walnut St., Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates 37°12′31″N93°17′20″W / 37.20861°N 93.28889°W / 37.20861; -93.28889 Coordinates: 37°12′31″N93°17′20″W / 37.20861°N 93.28889°W / 37.20861; -93.28889
Area less than one acre
Built 1910 (1910), 1928
Architectural style Commercial Block Apartment
MPS Springfield MPS
NRHP reference # 03000319 [1]
Added to NRHP May 1, 2003

College Apartments, also known as the Park Central Apartments, is a historic apartment building located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was originally constructed in 1910 as an expansion to Springfield Business College, and expanded and converted to apartments in 1928. It is a three-story, Commercial Block brick building with Classical details. The building features a flat parapet capped with flat limestone block and three brick pilasters with limestone capitals and plinths. [2] :5

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Springfield, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 159,498. As of 2017, the Census Bureau estimated its population at 167,376. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which has a population of 462,369 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

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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. Richard Lee Burton (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: College Apartments" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 16 photographs from 2002)