Menifee High School Gymnasium

 school, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, gymnasium - education, American Craftsman (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic former African-American school gymnasium listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1938
Architect: Works Progress Administration
Expanded: mid 1970s (north addition)
Architectural style: American Craftsman
Areas of significance: Entertainment/Recreation
Area: less than 1 acre
Date added to NRHP: 6/6/2002
Other designations: part of the Public Schools in the Ozarks Multiple Property Submission
Notes: This is the only building remaining from the segregated African-American Menifee High School. The other parts of the school campus were destroyed by a tornado in 1960. The building was constructed by the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that operated between 1935 and 1943. The program provided work for unemployed people who were struggling to find jobs during the Great Depression.