| Dexter Gymnasium | |
| Coordinates: | 36.7903°N -89.9639°W |
| Built: | -1940 |
| Architect: | Sutterfield, J.L. |
| Architecture: | Art Deco |
| Added: | August 8, 2001 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 01000839 |
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."[1]
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.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.