Wyman School

Wyman School, also known as Excelsior Springs High School (and later Wyman Public/Elementary School until the mid-1990s), is a historic school building located at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri.

History
The school was built in 1912. The building is a three-story, rectangular brick building with Classical Revival design elements. It has a flat roof and sits in a limestone foundation. Also on the property is the contributing power plant (1913) and a classroom annex (a non-historic prefabricated building that sits west of the power plant).

The Wyman School was named after Anson Wyman, founder of Excelsior Springs.

The school was eventually converted to an elementary school.

After classes ended in the mid-1990s, the building was used as a community theatre before becoming vacant.

The Wyman School was purchased by the city of Excelsior Springs.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

On July 5, 2022, the power plant on the south end of the school was demolished. This structure was built in 1913 to provide heat via a coal-burning furnace. Due to a partial roof collapse noted in 2008 and the extent of damage discovered during a 2021 environmental study, the city decided to demolish the power plant structure.