Wheatley Public School 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

Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff is a medium city in Butler County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is the county seat of Butler County and is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. The population was 16,225 at the 2020 census. The Poplar B ...

Butler County, Missouri Butler County is a county located in the southeast Ozark Foothills Region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the county's population was 42,130. The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff. The county was officially org ...

. It was built in 1928 population and remained so until the end of

segregation Segregation may refer to: Separation of people * Geographical segregation, rates of two or more populations which are not homogenous throughout a defined space * School segregation * Housing segregation * Racial segregation, separation of humans ...

in 1958. It is a two-story, "U"-plan,

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style brick building with a central

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nasium. The building sits on a cast

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foundation and has a flat roof. It was constructed to serve the African-American student It was listed on the

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in 1998. Along with two other

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, it is part of the Garfield Historic District, listed on the National Register in 2017.

References

Historically segregated African-American schools in Missouri School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Colonial Revival architecture in Missouri School buildings completed in 1928 Buildings and structures in Butler County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Missouri 1928 establishments in Missouri Poplar Bluff, Missouri Education in Butler County, Missouri Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri {{ButlerCountyMO-NRHP-stub