Paris Male Academy
Paris Male Academy, also known as the Nimrod Ashcraft House, is a historic school building located at Paris, Monroe County, Missouri.
History
The Paris Male Academy is a Greek Revival style, two-story, three-bay, side passage plan, brick building with a rear addition, built in 1854. It has a front gable roof and four brick pilasters on the front facade. The building housed the Paris Male Academy until 1869, after which it became a private residence.
The Academy is significant under criterion A, in the area of Education, as it delivered a high level of education to students from the local area; and under criterion C, in the area of Architecture, as a rare surviving example of a building employed for private education in Missouri.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1990.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ James M. Denny (January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Paris Male Academy" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 13 photographs from 1983)
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