Potosi High School – Potosi MO

City:
Potosi, MO

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1936

Designer:
Bonsack & Pearce

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

PWA funding built this high school in Potosi in 1936. It is a large 2 story building with a brick façade and a concrete base. Bas reliefs are at the top of the central entry portion of the front of the building, with Potosi labeled prominently. The information plaque is a gold hued bronze material. The school is now John Evans Middle School.

Source notes

PWA Missouri docket #1171

Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on July 19, 2015.

Location Info

303 S Lead St.
Potosi, Missouri 63664

Coordinates: 37.937223, -90.793056

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