Dexter School
Dexter school was organized into a district in 1874, but was not a graded scale until 1882 when the town built a large brick building at the cost $5,000.
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1907
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The old high school that was located north of Main St. in the downtown section of town was replaced in the fall of 1924 with a new school that was built at a cost of $65,000.00 and located just to the north of present day Keller Library (Dexter Statesman, April 25, 1924).
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Dexter Marble Works
Dexter Marble Works was originally owned by F. M. Norman in 1898. In 1904 he hired Fred Cole to work for him. Cole worked for Norman until he bought the business from him in 1930 and renamed it Fred Cole Monument Works. It was located along South Main before it moved just to the west of the railroad depot on South Main sometime after 1911.
In 1926, according to the Dexter Statesman (June 11, 1926), vandals put acid on polished monuments at Dexter Marble Works, F. M. Norman, the owner, said that $200 (nearly $3000 in 2019 money) in damages resulted.
In 1926, according to the Dexter Statesman (June 11, 1926), vandals put acid on polished monuments at Dexter Marble Works, F. M. Norman, the owner, said that $200 (nearly $3000 in 2019 money) in damages resulted.
F. M. Norman (Arnold Collection)
Before F. M. Norman owned the Dexter Marble Works he taught school for seven years including four years at Dexter schools. His family were some of the first settlers of the county before the Civil War. In 1914 he ran for state representative and won. In April of 1913 he was appointed by the governor of Missouri to be on the board of regents for the Cape Normal School. In 1914 he was elected to serve on the board of directors of Citizens Bank in Dexter. Norman died of illness in a Memphis hospital on July 23, 1938.
F. M. Norman's Dexter Marble Works. Norman procured his marble from Connecticut (Dexter Statesman, July 20, 1910).
Dexter Marble Works in 1918 versus roughly the same spot and angle in 2019 (Arnold Collection).
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Believed to be a picture of Dexter Marble Works when it was located on South Main, just to the east of the Depot. The Sanborn map for 1911 shows this building as being a marble works and having a brick wall (Arnold Collection).
F. M. Norman (left) and Fred Cole (second from right), Dexter Marble Works (Arnold Collection).
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F. M. Norman (Dexter Messenger Illustrated Industrial Edition, 1903 - Stoddard County Historical Society Collection).
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Dexter Armory
Dexter Statesman, July 3, 1942
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