Cuba High School Annex, also known as the Crawford County Historical Society Museum, 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

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

Crawford County, Missouri Crawford County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 Census, the population was 23,056. Its county seat is Steelville. The county was organized in 1829 and is named after U.S. Senator Wil ...

. It was built in 1934 with funds provided by either the

Civil Works Administration The Civil Works Administration (CWA) was a short-lived job creation program established by the New Deal during the Great Depression in the United States in order to rapidly create mostly manual-labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers. The j ...

or the

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to car ...

. It is a two-story, rectangular building built on a raised basement. It measures 60 feet by 30 feet and has a hipped roof. It is finished with random

ashlar Ashlar () is a cut and dressed rock (geology), stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...

native stone laid in a “giraffe” pattern with grapevine joints.] (includes 8 photos from 2011) It was listed on the

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in 2013.

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History museums in Missouri Works Progress Administration in Missouri School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri School buildings completed in 1934 Buildings and structures in Crawford County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Missouri 1934 establishments in Missouri New Deal in Missouri {{CrawfordCountyMO-NRHP-stub