North Ward School, also known as the Bolivar High School and Polk County North Ward Museum, is a historic

school A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

building located at Bolivar,

Polk County, Missouri Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,137. Its county seat is Bolivar. The county was organized January 5, 1835,Laws of a public and general natu ...

. It was designed by architect

Henry H. Hohenschild Henry H. Hohenschild (June 2, 1862 – February 3, 1928), also known as H.H. Hohenschild, was an architect based in Rolla, Missouri, USA. He was born in St. Louis, and educated in the city's public schools. Hohenschild moved to Rolla in 1881, ...

and built in 1903. It was listed on the

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in 2011.

Background

It is a two-story, "T"-shaped, brick building with a central, four-story entrance tower flanked by slightly projecting classroom wings. It sits on a

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block foundation and has a hipped roof. It features round arched and segmental arched windows. The building houses a local history museum. (includes 12 photographs from 2011)

References

History museums in Missouri School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri School buildings completed in 1903 Buildings and structures in Polk County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Missouri 1903 establishments in Missouri {{PolkCountyMO-NRHP-stub