Alton Club
Alton Club | |
 Alton Club, June 2012 | |
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| Location | Gravel road, 1.5 mi. W of MO 19 and 12 Mi. N of Eminence, near Eminence, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 37°19′26″N 91°26′10″W / 37.32389°N 91.43611°WCoordinates: 37°19′26″N 91°26′10″W / 37.32389°N 91.43611°W |
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| Architectural style | rustic |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001162[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 2005 |
Alton Club, also known as the Jerry J. Presley Conservation Education Center, is a historic summer camp and national historic district located in the Current River State Park near Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures associated with a summer retreat for the employees and customers of the Alton Box Board Company. It developed between about 1937 and 1945 and include the Main Lodge (c. 1938, c. 1985), Classroom / Pool Hall (c. 1940), Lower Dorm (c. 1940), Gymnasium (c. 1940), Barbeque House (c. 1940), Lake House (c. 1940), Manager's Residence (c. 1945), and Entrance Columns (c. 1940).[2]: 2
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kathryn S. Love (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alton Club" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 29 photographs from 2004)
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Buildings and structures in Shannon County, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Shannon County, Missouri
- National Park Service rustic in Missouri
- Ozark region, Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs