Missouri Heights School
National Register of Historic Places

Missouri Heights School

Carbondale, Garfield County, Colorado
Listed
September 22, 1999
Type
Building
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
99001145

About this property

The Missouri Heights School, in Garfield County, Colorado near Carbondale, Colorado, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The 26 by 44 feet (7.9 m × 13.4 m) school was built in 1917. It is located at an elevation of 6,950 feet (2,120 m) "in a rolling open alpine plateau area known since the late 1800s as Missouri Heights. Surrounded by cattle range and scrubland thick with sagebrush, the Missouri Heights School property includes a school building, a teacherage, two outhouses and a coal shed." It is located on County Road 102, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of its junction with County Road 100, and is about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the town of Carbondale.

Location

Carbondale, Garfield County, Colorado
39.43227, -107.13786

Categories

EDUCATIONSOCIAL HISTORYARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Questions about this property

When was Missouri Heights School listed on the National Register?

Missouri Heights School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1999.

What type of historic resource is Missouri Heights School?

Missouri Heights School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Missouri Heights School?

The period of significance for Missouri Heights School is recorded as the pre_contact era, specifically around 950.

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