National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
North Ward School
a.k.a. Bolivar High School; Polk County North Ward Museum
201 W. Locust St., Bolivar, MO Local significance of the structure: Education
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The Missouri State Penitentiary, located in Jefferson City, was once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi River. It opened in 1836 and closed in 2004.