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Garrison School Historic District

Coordinates: 39°15′14″N 94°25′14″W / 39.25389°N 94.42056°W / 39.25389; -94.42056
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Garrison School Historic District
Garrison School Historic District is located in Missouri
Garrison School Historic District
Garrison School Historic District is located in the United States
Garrison School Historic District
LocationRoughly along N. Main St. and N. Water St., Liberty, Missouri
Coordinates39°15′14″N 94°25′14″W / 39.25389°N 94.42056°W / 39.25389; -94.42056
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architectural styleDouble Pen, et al.
MPSLiberty, Clay County, Missouri MPS AD
NRHP reference No.00001607[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ https://ccaal-garrisonschool.org/history