Leo Ellis Post No. 22, American Legion Building

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Leo Ellis Post #22, American Legion Building
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Location 804 Grant St., Princeton, Missouri
Coordinates 40°24′1″N93°35′3″W / 40.40028°N 93.58417°W / 40.40028; -93.58417 Coordinates: 40°24′1″N93°35′3″W / 40.40028°N 93.58417°W / 40.40028; -93.58417
Area less than one acre
Built 1935
Architect Shipley, Glen
NRHP reference #

96000478

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Added to NRHP April 26, 1996

The Leo Ellis Post #22, American Legion Building is a historic American Legion building located at 804 Grant St. in Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri. It was built in 1935, and is a rectangular reinforced concrete structure faced in brick. It measures 30 feet by 32 feet, and features a crenelated parapet is capped by pre-formed concrete blocks. [2] :5

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Randi Ferguson, Alien Tatman, and Steven E. Mitchell (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Leo Ellis Post No. 22, American Legion Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1996)