Garrison School Historic District
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| Location | Roughly along N. Main St. and N. Water St., Liberty, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′14″N 94°25′14″W / 39.25389°N 94.42056°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architectural style | Double Pen, et al. |
| MPS | Liberty, Clay County, Missouri MPS AD |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001607[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 4, 2001 |
Garrison School Historic District is a national historic district located at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. It encompasses six contributing buildings associated with the African-American community of Liberty. The district developed between about 1900 and 1942, and contains a variety of National Folk housing types, as well as the brick Garrison School and the limestone African Methodist Church.[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
Garrison School had various principals. A gymnasoum was added in 1938. It went up to 10th grade and students had to take a bus to Kansas City to attend Lincoln High School to complete their secondary education.[3]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Deon Wolfenbarger; Carolyn Fulk; Steven E. Mitchell (November 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Garrison School Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 1, 2016. and Site Map
- ^ https://ccaal-garrisonschool.org/history
