Cave Spring School and Cave Spring Cemetery
Cave Spring School and Cave Spring Cemetery is a historic school building and cemetery located at Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Missouri. The Cave Spring School was built about 1840, and reconstructed in 1875. It is a one-story brick building with a steeply pitched front gable and a wood shingle roof. It features a full-width hipped roof porch, added in about 1937. Associated with the school are two stone privies. The cemetery contains more than 420 marked graves dating from 1840 to the present. The school and cemetery are the last remnants of the Cave Spring community. The school building served as the temporary Jasper County Courthouse from October 1865 to September 1866.[2]:6, 9
Cave Spring School and Cave Spring Cemetery | |
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| Location | 4323 Cty. Rd. 4, Sarcoxie, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 37°06′43″N 94°03′45″W |
| Area | 8.43 acres (3.41 ha) |
| Built | c. 1840 |
| Built by | Duncan, William |
| MPS | One-Teacher Public Schools of Missouri, MPDF |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000416[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 2012 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
References
- "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/16/12 through 7/20/12. National Park Service. 2012-07-27.
- Helen K. Hunter (October 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cave Spring School and Cave Spring Cemetery" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 13 photographs from 2011)
