"D" Barracks - Historic District A - Boonville, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 58.273 W 092° 44.801
15S E 521944 N 4313613
This structure is now vacant, and is building #6 in the district.
Waymark Code: WM169HW
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2022
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County of building: Cooper County
Location of building: 3rd St. & Center St., mid-campus, Boonville
Built: 1916-18
Architect/Builder: Cochran Construction Company
Architectural Style: Vernacular
Original Occupant: Student Housing
Current Occupant: Vacant
District Map
"6. "D" Barracks, Kemper Military School and College Campus, 1916-1918. A four-story brick, U-shaped structure, this building has a one-story central section and an ornate classical one-story porch over the primary entrance." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Built: 1916-18
Style/Design: Vernacular
The 130' X 130' structure is a U-shaped 3 story building with a 1 story section completing the rectangle. The basement is exposed on the E, W, and S. The N, W, and E facades have a wide projecting eave with moldings and dentils. The windows are coupled with stone flat arched lintels with radiating skews and keystones. 1st story windows have transoms. The pr1mary (N) facade has a 1 story porch with panelled frieze and dentils and supported by paired iconic columns. There is a spindle balustrade over this. It caps an inset double leaf entrance with small flanking windows, a multi-light transom, and stone surround. There is a secondary entrance W bay of this facade.
There are basement entrances E & W. The S facade's central section, basement level has a large entrance and large windows and is used as a club room. Above this is a 1st story dining room area with a large sky light.
"The structure was built to house manual training area-basement, offices and dining room-1st, and barracks above. Today it also has a lounge, laundry, and office of the commandant and the duty officer. For further history see Kemper Administration Complex form. [PDF pages 207-220] Significant historically and architecturally on a local and state level as an integral part of the quadrangle of the old campus area.
"The structure faces N onto the asphalt drill area. There are drives S & W." ~ Boonville Historic Survey PDF pages 255-260