Washington School, also known as the Head Start Building, is a historic

school A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most co ...

building located at Monroe City,

Monroe County, Missouri Monroe County is a county in northeast Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,666. Its county seat is Paris. It is the birthplace of Mark Twain. History The county was organized January 6, 1831 and named for James Monroe, the f ...

, USA. It was built in 1937 and is a one-story, T-shaped,

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

style brick building. It housed three classrooms for the education of the African-American students of Monroe City. It was listed on the

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in 1994. Also on the property are the contributing the flagpole which was erected at the same time as the building, and a

merry-go-round A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (International English), or galloper (British English) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The seats are tradit ...

from the same period. (includes 11 photographs from 1994)

References

African-American history of Missouri School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Colonial Revival architecture in Missouri School buildings completed in 1937 Schools in Monroe County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Missouri {{MonroeCountyMO-NRHP-stub