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Alton Club

Coordinates: 37°19′26″N 91°26′10″W / 37.32389°N 91.43611°W / 37.32389; -91.43611
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Alton Club
Alton Club, June 2012
Alton Club is located in Missouri
Alton Club
Alton Club is located in the United States
Alton Club
LocationGravel road, 1.5 mi. W of MO 19 and 12 Mi. N of Eminence, near Eminence, Missouri
Coordinates37°19′26″N 91°26′10″W / 37.32389°N 91.43611°W / 37.32389; -91.43611
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Architectural stylerustic
NRHP reference No.05001162[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 14, 2005

Alton Club, also known as the Jerry J. Presley Conservation Education Center, is a historic summer camp and national historic district located in the Current River State Park near Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures associated with a summer retreat for the employees and customers of the Alton Box Board Company. It developed between about 1937 and 1945 and include the Main Lodge (c. 1938, c. 1985), Classroom / Pool Hall (c. 1940), Lower Dorm (c. 1940), Gymnasium (c. 1940), Barbeque House (c. 1940), Lake House (c. 1940), Manager's Residence (c. 1945), and Entrance Columns (c. 1940).[2]: 2 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kathryn S. Love (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alton Club" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 29 photographs from 2004)