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National Register of Historic Places

Cook School

Also known as Cook Elementary School

On the National Register since 20224 years
Listed 2022St. Louis
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Cook School

Cook School, at 5935 Horton Pl., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 14, 2022. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. The listing covers 3.2 acres. Two more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 15 minutes

5935 Horton Pl., St. Louis · about 0.6 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Cook SchoolStart here
  2. 2Hamilton HotelLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · next door
  3. 3Emmanuel DeHodiamont HouseCentral-Hall · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4West Cabanne Place Historic DistrictShingle Style · 0.2 mi on
  5. 5Hamilton Place Historic DistrictLate Victorian · 0.1 mi on
Around it

22 more Register listings within a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

B5882 Cabanne Courtyard Apartment BuildingBuilding0.3 miDDe Hodiamont Car House Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miDOakherst Place Concrete Block DistrictCraftsman/Prairie School0.3 miDGoodfellow-Julian Concrete Block DistrictVictorian Revival0.4 miBA & P Food Stores BuildingArt Deco0.6 miBRoberts ChevroletModern Movement0.6 miBApartments at 5561-71 ChamberlainSecond Renaissance Revival0.6 miBHempstead SchoolTudor Revival0.6 miBSt. Luke's Plaza ApartmentsLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.7 miBEmerson, Ralph Waldo, SchoolTudor Revival0.7 miDSt. Luke's Hospital Historic DistrictDistrict0.8 miBWinston Churchill ApartmentsGothic0.8 miBSmith Academy and Manual Training SchoolRenaissance Revival0.9 miDDelmar Loop-Parkview Gardens Historic DistrictTudor0.9 miBDonaldson Court ApartmentsBuilding0.9 miBParkview TowersBuilding0.9 miBPrincipia Page-Park YMCA GymnasiumClassical Revival0.9 miBWellston J.C. Penney BuildingModern Movement0.9 mi
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DParkview Historic DistrictEnglish Revival1 miBPage Boulevard Police StationColonial Revival1 miDWellston Loop Commercial Historic DistrictCraftsman1 miBWellston StationLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements1 mi

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Questions about Cook School

Is Cook School on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jan 14, 2022 (Register number 100007360).

Is Cook School a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Missouri has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Washington University Hilltop Campus Historic District, 1.4 miles away.

Can you visit Cook School?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026). Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.