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Phelps SchoolHwy. 96 at County Rd UU, Phelps, MOPhone:
Starting in 2014 the building was restored by local residents and one again serves as a community center. A small star carved by the Union Civil War veterans organization Grand Army of the Republic is located next one of the doors on the front of the building This is a picture from 2012 before the little schoolhouse was restored. When the school was built the road out front was the Springfield to Carthage Road. In 1922 it became part of a "Primary Road" project that created State Road 14 running from St. Louis to Joplin. That road was paved about 10 - 12 feet in front of the schoolhouse, That paved road became the original Route 66 and is still in place today. Today it serves as a sort of service road for Hwy. 96 which was the result of realigning the Route 66 through Phelps in 1955 by moving the road a few feet farther south. The schoolhouse is located on Hwys. 96 and UU, where County Road 2059 meets Hwy. 96 in Phelps.
Photo(s): 2012, 2016
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