Saverton School

Last updated
Saverton School
Saverton School.jpg
USA Missouri location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
LocationJct. of Cty. Rtes. N and E, Saverton, Missouri
Coordinates 39°38′33″N91°15′58″W / 39.64250°N 91.26611°W / 39.64250; -91.26611 Coordinates: 39°38′33″N91°15′58″W / 39.64250°N 91.26611°W / 39.64250; -91.26611
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1934 (1934)
Built byLankford, John
NRHP reference No. 98001505 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1998

Saverton School, also known as Saverton Community Center , is a historic school building located at Saverton, Ralls County, Missouri. It was built in 1934, and is a one-story hipped roof, frame building with two school rooms. It measures 52 feet by 24 feet, with a 52 feet by 13 feet addition constructed in 1960. The building has housed a community centre since 1959. [2] :5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

Related Research Articles

Missouri State Capitol United States historic place

The Missouri State Capitol is the building that houses the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Missouri, as well as the Missouri General Assembly. Located in Jefferson City at 201 West Capitol Avenue, it is the third capitol in the city after the other two were demolished when they were damaged in fires. The domed building, designed by the New York City architectural firm of Tracy and Swartwout, was completed in 1917.

Saverton, Missouri unincorporated community in Missouri

Saverton is an unincorporated community in eastern Ralls County, Missouri, United States. It is located on the Mississippi River, approximately ten miles southeast of Hannibal. Saverton is part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Bollinger Mill State Historic Site

The Bollinger Mill State Historic Site is a state-owned property preserving a mill and covered bridge that pre-date the American Civil War in Burfordville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The park was established in 1967 and offers mill tours and picnicking. It is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. It includes the Burfordville Covered Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Missouri Valley College

Missouri Valley College is a private liberal arts college that is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Marshall, Missouri. The college was founded in 1889 and supports 40 academic majors and an enrollment close to 1,500 students. Missouri Valley College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Lock and Dam No. 22 dam in Cincinnati Township, Pike County, Illinois / Saverton Township, Ralls County, Missouri, near Saverton, Missouri

Lock and Dam No. 22 is a lock and dam located near Saverton, Missouri on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 301.2. The movable portion of the dam is 1,224 feet (373.1 m) long and consists of three roller gates and ten tainter gates. A 1,600 feet (487.7 m) long submersible earthen dike extends to a flood control levee on the Illinois shore. The main lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long; there is also an incomplete auxiliary lock. In 2004, the facility was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Lock and Dam No. 22 Historic District, #04000182 covering 1,268 acres (5.1 km2), 1 building, 5 structures, 4 objects.

Naomi Institute United States historic place

The Naomi Institute, also known as the Rock Bluff School, is located in the ghost town of Rock Bluff, Nebraska, three miles east of Murray. It was one of the earliest higher education institutions in Nebraska, founded in 1870 as a pioneer college. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

DeKalb County Courthouse (Missouri) United States historic place

DeKalb County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Maysville, DeKalb County, Missouri. It was designed by George R. Eckel and built in 1939. It is a low red brick building with concrete bands and Moderne style details. It consists of a three-story main block with two-story flanking wings. The building measures 110 feet by 55 feet.

Dillingersville Union School and Church United States historic place

Dillingersville Union School and Church is a historic church and school building located at Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1885, and is a one-story, rectangular fieldstone building measuring 52 feet by 30 feet. It has a gable roof topped with a frame bell cupola. The building ceased use as a school in 1941, and is used as a community museum and educational resource.

Masonic Temple (Warrensburg, Missouri) United States historic place

The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic temple located at Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri. It was built in 1893–1894, and is a rectangular three-story, Italianate style red brick building with extensive sandstone trim. The building measures approximately 48 feet by 92 feet.

St. Marys Church (Adair, Missouri) United States historic place

St. Mary's Church is a historic turn-of-the-20th century Catholic church located in the unincorporated community of Adair, 12 miles northeast of Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri on Missouri Route 11. An example of Romanesque Revival architecture, it is one of the few wood-frame structures in that style still remaining in the United States. St. Mary's was constructed in 1904, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is now owned and managed by Friends of St. Mary's, a non-profit preservation organization.

Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Glasgow, Missouri) United States historic place

Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 602 Commerce Street in Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri. It was built in 1865, and is a small one-story, vernacular brick building with simple Greek Revival style design elements. The rectangular building measures 32 feet by 52 feet and features a stepped gable and six brick pilasters.

Kage School United States historic place

Kage School is a former one-room schoolhouse in the city limits of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRIS#05001090). While it was in operation it was a part of School District No. 52, then located northwest of the City of Cape Girardeau in unincorporated Cape Girardeau County. The school served eight grade levels.

Atchison County Memorial Building United States historic place

Atchison County Memorial Building is a historic building located at Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri. It was built in 1919, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style reinforced concrete building on a raised basement. It measures approximately 107 feet deep and 63 feet wide. The front facade features four fluted Doric order columns that support an entablature and frieze. It was built with support from the Missouri General Assembly to serve as a World War I memorial and a community centre.

Hudson City School United States historic place

Palace Hotel, also known as Hudson School, Hudson Community Center, Brown's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church, and Hudson Methodist Church, is a historic one-room school building located near Appleton City, Bates County, Missouri. It was built in 1891, and originally housed a Methodist church. It was purchased and reconfigured for use as a school in 1911. It is a one-story, frame building with a cross-gable roof. It measures 45 feet, 6 inches, by 38 feet, 6 inches. It was last used as a schoolhouse in 1952.

Tergin Apartment Building United States historic place

Tergin Apartment Building, also known as Tergin Apartments , is a historic apartment building located at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. It was built in 1938–1939, and is a two-story brick walkup apartment building with a full basement. It measures 50 feet wide by 35 feet deep and features Art Deco and Streamline Moderne design elements.

Saverton Township is an inactive township in Ralls County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Delmo Community Center United States historic place

Delmo Community Center, also known as South Wardell Utility Building, is a historic community centre located at Homestown, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was designed and constructed by the Farm Security Administration in 1940 as a utility building for the entire community. It is a long one-story, rectangular, frame building on a concrete foundation. It measures approximately 56 feet by 26 feet and is sheathed in clapboard siding.

Sylvan School United States historic place

Sylvan School, also known as Pig Ankle School, Sylvan Community Building, Sylvan Sunday School, and Church of the Firstborn, is a historic one-room school located at Naylor, Ripley County, Missouri. It was built in 1926, and is a one-story, one room rectangular frame building. It measures 48 feet, 4 inches, by 38 feet, 4 inches, and has a hipped roof. Classes were conducted in the building until 1956.

Harper School (Harper, Missouri) United States historic place

Harper School, also known as Harper Community Building, is a historic one-room school located at Harper, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was built about 1875, and is a one-story, one-room frame schoolhouse with twin entrances. It measures 20 feet wide by 32 feet long and has a gable roof with shed roof porch. Also on the property is a contributing frame privy (1935). The school closed in 1952 and houses a community centre.

Dexter Gymnasium United States historic place

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."

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Alien Tatman (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form:Saverton School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 6 photographs from 1998)