North Ward School, also known as the Bolivar High School and Polk County North Ward 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 Bolivar,

Polk County, Missouri Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,519. The county seat is Bolivar. The county was organized January 5, 1835, and is named for Ezekiel Polk ...

. It was designed by architect Henry H. Hohenschild 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. Furthermore, 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