Mountain Grove City Hall

301 E. 1st St., Mountain Grove, Missouri. County/parish: Wright.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 28, 2012. NRIS 12000050.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Mountain Grove City Hall and Jail

From Wikipedia:

Mountain Grove City Hall

Mountain Grove City Hall, also known as Mountain Grove City Hall and Jail, is a historic city hall located at Mountain Grove, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1937–1938, and is a two-story, flat-roofed building in the Works Progress Administration (WPA)'s version of Modern style, WPA Moderne. The building is clad in unfinished native field stone with beaded mortar joints, a technique commonly referred to as "Ozark rock" or "giraffe rock" construction. It was funded by the WPA and constructed with local labor.: 5, 8 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63821232

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