Garrison School Historic District
Garrison School Historic District | |
| Location | Roughly along N. Main St. and N. Water St., Liberty, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′14″N 94°25′14″W / 39.25389°N 94.42056°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architectural style | Double Pen, et al. |
| MPS | Liberty, Clay County, Missouri MPS AD |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001607 |
| Added to NRHP | January 4, 2001 |
Garrison School Historic District is a national historic district located at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. It encompasses six contributing buildings associated with the African-American community of Liberty. The district developed between about 1900 and 1942, and contains a variety of National Folk housing types, as well as the brick Garrison School and the limestone African Methodist Church. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Garrison School had various principals. A gymnasoum was added in 1938. It went up to 10th grade and students had to take a bus to Kansas City to attend Lincoln High School to complete their secondary education.