Butler County Education Society

Civic 1890s

About

founder and operator of predecessor school at Central High School (Original Building) Notable event: Establishment of First School (1869) — The Butler County Education Society established Poplar Bluff's first school, a modest two-story frame building, predating the brick schoolhouse of the 1890s.

Related Historic Sites

Central High School (Original Building)

Downtown Poplar Bluff

Poplar Bluff's first permanent brick schoolhouse, built in the Victorian era with a distinctive tower and classical architectural details characteristic of late 19th-century institutional buildings.

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Details

Era Active: 1890s

Sources

Extracted from historic site: Central High School (Original Building)

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Central High School (Original Building)

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