2 Dog on School - Boonville, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 58.330 W 092° 44.564
15S E 522285 N 4313719
Dog have been on this building from almost the beginning. Not sure why.
Waymark Code: WM15XFY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2022
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County of building: Cooper County
Location of building: Main St. & Locust St., SE corner, Boonville
Built: 1915, 1939
Architectural Style: Neo-Classical
Original Occupant: High School
Current Occupant: Middle School
To dogs, now painted golden, stand above the main entrance to the original High School building , named the Laura Speed Elliott High School. A new High School, has been built and this is now the Middle school.
Back to the dogs. One source said the dogs were originally at bank downtown and moved here when the bank failed.
"The N section is the original section and motifs repeat on both the N & W facades. The structure is capped by a brick balustrade and a heavy cornice with block modillions brick frieze, and concrete architrave. This is supported on 2 story fluted ionic columns. The 1st story has a heavier basement effect. The end bays and the central entrance bay project slightly. The entrance bay is embellished by an ornate cap with dentils, egg and dart moldings and a pair of large dogs flanking the crest. ...
"The Laura Speed Elliot School was built in l915 on land donated to the board of Education by John S. Elliot as a memorial to his deceased wife. Recognized as one of the finest high school structures in the State at that time, the building including furniture and
equipment cost $85,000. The original school building contained 25 rooms. To meet the needs of an expanding student body the south addition was completed in 1939 and included a new auditorium
gymnasium and music room. The building remained as a high school until Sept. 1979 when the new High School was completed. At that time Laura Speed Elliot became the location of the Junior High School." ~ Boonville Historic Survey PDF pages 2015-2020