Mountain Grove City Hall
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Mountain Grove City Hall | |
| Location | 301 E. 1st Street, Mountain Grove, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 37°07′45″N 92°15′41″W / 37.12917°N 92.26139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1937-1938 |
| Built by | Sullivan, James Rufus |
| Architect | Biddle, Cecil Wesley |
| Architectural style | WPA Modern |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000050[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 2012 |
Mountain Grove City Hall, also known as Mountain Grove City Hall and Jail, is a historic city hall located at Mountain Grove, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1937–1938, and is a two-story, flat-roofed building in the Works Progress Administration (WPA)'s version of Modern style, WPA Moderne. The building is clad in unfinished native field stone with beaded mortar joints, a technique commonly referred to as "Ozark rock" or "giraffe rock" construction. It was funded by the WPA and constructed with local labor.[2]: 5, 8
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]