Dexter Gymnasium

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Dexter Gymnasium
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Dexter Gymnasium, April 2014
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LocationJct. of Park Lane and Fannetta St., Dexter, Missouri
Coordinates 36°47′25″N89°57′50″W / 36.79028°N 89.96389°W / 36.79028; -89.96389 Coordinates: 36°47′25″N89°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 # 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]

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References

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