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Wheatley Public School
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
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Wheatley Public School, October 2014
Wheatley Public School is located in Missouri
Wheatley Public School
Location in Missouri
Wheatley Public School is located in the United States
Wheatley Public School
Location in the United States
Location 921 Garfield St., Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Area less than one acre
Built 1928
Architect Bonsack and Pearce Inc.; Miller, J.J.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
Part of Garfield Historic District (ID100001686)
MPS Poplar Bluff MPS
NRHP reference No. 98000037
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Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 13, 1998
Designated CP October 2, 2017

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. 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.

Along with two other contributing buildings, it is part of the Garfield Historic District, listed on the National Register in 2017.

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