Mountain Grove City Hall Explained

Mountain Grove City Hall
Coordinates:37.1292°N -92.2614°W
Built:1937-1938
Architect:Biddle, Cecil Wesley
Builder:Sullivan, James Rufus
Added:February 28, 2012
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:12000050[1]

Mountain Grove City Hall, also known as Mountain Grove City Hall and Jail, is a historic city hall located at Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri. 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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2012-03-09. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/27/12 through 3/02/12. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mountain Grove City Hall . 2017-03-01. Mary Helen Catlett Allen. PDF. August 2011. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 16 photographs from 2010)

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