Mountain Grove City Hall
Mountain Grove City Hall | |
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| Location | 301 E. 1st St., Mountain Grove, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 37°07′45″N 92°15′41″W / 37.12917°N 92.26139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1937-1938 |
| Built by | Sullivan, James Rufus |
| Architect | Biddle, Cecil Wesley |
| Architectural style | WPA Modern |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000050[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 2012 |
Mountain Grove City Hall, also known as Mountain Grove City Hall and Jail, is a historic city hall located at Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri. It was built in 1937–1938, and is a two-story, flat-roofed building in the Works Progress Administration (WPA)'s version of Modern style, WPA Moderne. The building is clad in unfinished native field stone with beaded mortar joints, a technique commonly referred to as "Ozark rock" or "giraffe rock" construction. It was funded by the WPA and constructed with local labor.[2]: 5, 8
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/27/12 through 3/02/12. National Park Service. 2012-03-09.
- ^ Mary Helen Catlett Allen (August 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mountain Grove City Hall" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-03-01. (includes 16 photographs from 2010)
Categories:
- Works Progress Administration in Missouri
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Modernist architecture in Missouri
- Government buildings completed in 1938
- Buildings and structures in Wright County, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Wright County, Missouri
- WPA Moderne architecture
- Ozark region, Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs