Wheatley Public School is a historic school building located at Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. It was built in 1928 population and remained so until the end of segregation in 1958.[2]: 5 It is a two-story, "U"-plan, Colonial Revival style brick building with a central gymnasium. The building sits on a cast concrete foundation and has a flat roof. It was constructed to serve the African-American student It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
Along with two other contributing buildings, it is part of the Garfield Historic District, listed on the National Register in 2017.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Philip Thomason (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheatley Public School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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