Iberia Academy and Junior College

Iberia Academy and Junior College
Location SR 17 and SR 42, Iberia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°5′25″N 92°17′48″W / 38.09028°N 92.29667°W / 38.09028; -92.29667Coordinates: 38°5′25″N 92°17′48″W / 38.09028°N 92.29667°W / 38.09028; -92.29667
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1890 (1890)
NRHP reference # 80002379[1]
Added to NRHP September 4, 1980

Iberia Academy and Junior College are historic school buildings located at Iberia, Miller County, Missouri. The four buildings are the dormitory (1905), the administration building (1922-1924), the gymnasium (1927), and "president's home" (1888). The buildings sit at odd angles within a triangle of approximately 2.66 acres. The school was supported mainly by the Congregational church, the Academy was known early on as the "Ozark Experiment". The buildings were largely built by student labor. The school closed in 1951.[2]:2-6

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Roger Dillon (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Iberia Academy and Junior College" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 9 photographs from 1978)


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