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Buttin Rock School

Coordinates: 37°19′26″N 91°26′10″W / 37.32389°N 91.43611°W / 37.32389; -91.43611
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Buttin Rock School
Buttin Rock School is located in Missouri
Buttin Rock School
Buttin Rock School is located in the United States
Buttin Rock School
LocationE bank of Current R., S of Powder Mill Ferry, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, near Eminence, Missouri
Coordinates37°19′26″N 91°26′10″W / 37.32389°N 91.43611°W / 37.32389; -91.43611
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
Architectural styleVernacular schoolhouse
MPSMissouri Ozarks Rural Schools MPS
NRHP reference No.91000605[1]
Added to NRHPMay 31, 1991

Button Rock School, also known as the Buttin School, and District #85 School, is a historic one-room school building and national historic district located in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways near Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri. The school was built in 1913, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building on a pier foundation. It has a gable roof and is sheathed in novelty siding painted white. Also on the property is a contributing frame privy.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[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. ^ Kimberly Scott Little (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Button Rock School" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes four photographs from 2004)