Atchison County Memorial Building | |
Atchison County Memorial Building, July 2013 | |
Location | 417 S. Main St., Rock Port, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 40°24′40″N95°30′51″W / 40.41111°N 95.51417°W Coordinates: 40°24′40″N95°30′51″W / 40.41111°N 95.51417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1919 |
Architect | Hogg, James Oliver |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference # | 87001578 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 1987 |
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. [2] :2
Rock Port is a city in, and the county seat of, Atchison County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,318 at the 2010 census.
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