Belleville High School (Belleville, Kansas)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Belleville High School

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| image = Belleville KS old high school S side 3.JPG

| caption = Central portion of building, seen from across 18th Street

| location = 915 W. 18th St., Belleville, Kansas, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|39|49|28|N|97|38|02|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Kansas#USA

| built = 1931

| architect = S.S. Voigt

| added = June 25, 2013

| refnum = 13000434{{cite web|title=Belleville High School|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/13000434.htm|work=National Register of Historic Places Program|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=December 15, 2013}}

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Belleville High School, later Republic County Middle School, is a school building constructed in 1931 in Belleville, Kansas. Architect S. S. Voigt designed the school in the Collegiate Gothic style. The red brick building features a limestone foundation and detail work, multiple gable roofs and gabled dormers, and windows with quoined surrounds.

The building served as Belleville's high school until 1962, then as the city's junior high school and middle school.{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Brenda R.|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Belleville High School|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000434.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=December 15, 2013|date=February 11, 2013}} At the end of the 2012–2013 school year, the school was closed and the property sold to a private developer, who declared his intention to convert it to an apartment complex dubbed Buffalo Apartments.Hadachek, Deb. "From classrooms to bedrooms". Belleville Telescope. 2013-05-29. [http://www.republiccountykansas.com/pioneergroupinc/ Reproduced] at [http://www.republiccountykansas.com/ Republic County Economic Development website.] Retrieved 2014-09-08. See also September 2014 photo of building undergoing renovation.

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2013.

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