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Franklin School
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National Register of Historic Places

Franklin School

Also known as Booker T Washington Vocational High School; Franklin Intermediate School for White Children

On the National Register since 200521 years
Classical RevivalListed 2005St. Louis
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About Franklin School

Franklin School, at 814 N. 19th St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 9, 2005. The Register lists it for its architecture, education and black history, at the local level. It describes its style as Classical Revival, as it does for 132 other Missouri listings. It was listed as part of St. Louis Public Schools of William B. Ittner MPS (AD); St. Louis Public Schools of William B. Ittner MPS (AD); St. Louis Public Schools of William B. Ittner MPS. Eight more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric building in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. From Wikidata (CC0).

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 42 MB · National Archives↗
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814 N. 19th St., St. Louis · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Franklin SchoolStart here
  2. 2Jack Rabbit Candy Company BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revival · next door
  3. 3Majestic Manufacturing Company BuildingsLate Victorian · next door
  4. 4Lucas Avenue Industrial Historic DistrictDistrict · next door
  5. 5Wrought Iron Range Company BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · next door
Around it

47 more Register listings within half a mile

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

DLucas Avenue Industrial Historic District (Boundary Increase)Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.1 miBWeber Implement and Automobile Company, OldTwo-Part Commercial Block0.2 miBWeber Implement and Automobile Company BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19190.2 miBMoon Brothers Carraige Company BuildingLate Victorian0.2 miBLee, Robert E., HotelRenaissance Revival0.3 miBMore Automobile Company BuildingClassical Revival · Built 19200.3 miBEngine House No. 32Building0.3 miBEmerson Electric Company BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBHamilton-Brown Shoe FactoryLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.3 miBMissouri Electric Light and Power Co.Romanesque Revival0.3 miBHalsey-Packard BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.3 miBUnited Shoe Machinery BuildingModern Movement0.3 miBMartin Shaughnessy BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.3 miBBerry Motor Car Service BuildingOne-Part Commercial Block · Built 19370.3 miBPruitt SchoolBuilding0.3 miBSt. Stanislaus Kostka ChurchRomanesque Revival0.3 miBDowntown YMCA BuildingBuilding0.4 miBGeneral American Life Insurance Co. BuildingsLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revival0.4 mi
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BBlackwell-Wielandy BuildingCommercial0.4 miBAdvertising BuildingCommercial Style0.4 miDWashington Avenue Historic DistrictMission Revival0.4 miBLambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Company BuildingArts and Crafts0.4 miBLambert BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque0.4 miDOlive and Locust Historic Business DistrictClassical Revival0.4 miBSaint Louis Provident Association BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.4 miBWillys-Overland BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.4 miBElias Haas BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.4 miBHaas BuildingCommercial0.4 miBGuth, Edwin F., Company ComplexLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.4 miBCarr SchoolCraftsman0.4 miBStar Bucket Pump Company BuildingWarehouse Building0.4 miBCrunden Branch LibraryBuilding0.4 miDPlaza Square Apartments Historic DistrictModern Movement0.5 miBCentenary Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthGothic Revival0.5 miBLiggett & Myers Tobacco Co. BuildingIndustrial0.5 miBLiggett and Myers (Rice-Stix) BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque0.5 miBRobert G. Campbell HouseFederal0.5 miBFord ApartmentsModern Movement0.5 miBBuilding at 1300 Washington AvenueCommercial0.5 miBLesan-Gould BuildingCommercial0.5 miBPeters Shoe Company BuildingCommercial0.5 miBFashion Square Building20th Century Gothic0.5 miBHotel JeffersonClassical Revival0.5 miBBeethoven ConservatoryRenaissance0.5 miBSeven-Up Company HeadquartersModern Movement0.5 mi★Scott Joplin HouseEarly Victorian · Built 19830.5 miDClemens House-Columbia Brewery DistrictItalian Renaissance Revival0.5 mi
More like it

Classical Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Classical Revival.

More Automobile Company BuildingBuilt 1920 · 0.3 mi away
Emerson Electric Company Building0.3 mi away
Martin Shaughnessy Building0.3 mi away
Saint Louis Provident Association Building0.4 mi away

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Questions about Franklin School

Is Franklin School on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 9, 2005 (Register number 05000121).

Is Franklin School a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Missouri has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Scott Joplin House, 0.5 miles away.

Can you visit Franklin 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.

Where can I read the history of Franklin School?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 42 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63818040 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.