Harper School (Harper, Missouri) Explained

Harper School
Coordinates:38.0631°N -93.5178°W
Built:c.
Architecture:one-room schoolhouse
Added:July 24, 2007
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:07000751

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.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harper School. 2017-02-01. Linda Harper and Roger Maserang. PDF. n.d.. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 8 photographs from 2007)