"A" Barracks - Historic District A - Boonville, MO
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N 38° 58.303 W 092° 44.801
15S E 521943 N 4313668
A Barracks is now part of the community college, and is building #7 in the district.
Waymark Code: WM169EC
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2022
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County of building: Cooper County
Location of building: 3rd St., center of campus, Boonville
Built: 1909
Architect/Builder: Cochran Construction Co.
Architectural Style: Vernacular
Original Occupant: Students loving quarters
Current Occupant: State Fair Community College
District Map
"7. "A" Barracks, Kemper Military School and College Campus, 1909. A red tile, hip roof caps this three and one-half story brick structure. It is embellished by Flemish gables and projecting entrance bay." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: 1909
Style/Design: Vernacular
Windows in this building are 2-over-2 with segmentally arched headers with keystones at the 1, 2, and 3 story levels. Stone sills 1st and 2nd complement the 3rd story bracketed sill course. The structure has a corbelled water table and brick quoins. There are numerous hip dormers. The primary façade has a rectangular projecting central bay with a Flemish gable and a double leaf inset entrance with transom. There is a secondary entrance S bay of this façade. The W facade has a 3½ rectangular bay where the fenestration indicates interior steps. There is a basement entrance on this facade.
"Built as barracks, the structure now also houses the offices and classrooms of the Military Science department and the Army supply area. See Kemper Administration Building Complex [pages 207-220] for further information on history of school. Significant historically and
and architecturally on a local and state level as an integral part of the quadrangle of the old campus area.
"The structure faces E onto the asphalt drill quadrangle.
It is directly to the W of the Administration complex. A drive 1S to the W." ~ Boonville Historic Survey PDF pages 203-206