Alton Club

Gravel road, 1.5 mi. W of MO 19 and 12 Mi. N of Eminence, Eminence, Missouri. County/parish: Shannon.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 14, 2005. NRIS 05001162.

14 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 6 contributing structures.

From Wikipedia:

Alton Club

Alton Club, also known as the Jerry J. Presley Conservation Education Center, is a historic summer camp and national historic district located in the Current River State Park near Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures associated with a summer retreat for the employees and customers of the Alton Box Board Company. It developed between about 1937 and 1945 and include the Main Lodge (c. 1938, c. 1985), Classroom / Pool Hall (c. 1940), Lower Dorm (c. 1940), Gymnasium (c. 1940), Barbeque House (c. 1940), Lake House (c. 1940), Manager's Residence (c. 1945), and Entrance Columns (c. 1940).: 2 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63820152

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