Williamson-Kennedy School

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Williamson-Kennedy School
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Location614 Lindsay St., Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Coordinates 36°45′38″N90°23′30″W / 36.76056°N 90.39167°W / 36.76056; -90.39167 Coordinates: 36°45′38″N90°23′30″W / 36.76056°N 90.39167°W / 36.76056; -90.39167
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Poplar Bluff MPS
NRHP reference No. 98000036 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 12, 1998

Williamson-Kennedy School is a historic school building located at Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. It was built in 1922, and is a three-story, rectangular plan, Colonial Revival style brick building. It sits on a cast concrete foundation and has a flat roof. The two primary entrances located in one-story projecting wings at the corners of the building and features cast concrete Doric order pilasters. [2] :5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [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. Philip Thomason (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Williamson-Kennedy School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)