Editing Maryville, Missouri (section)

=== Northwest Missouri State University founding ===
In 1905, Maryville won a contest to get the Fifth District [[Normal School]], which would become [[Northwest Missouri State University]]. It offered $58,672 and {{convert|86|acres|abbr=on}}, including the Methodist Seminary, to the state. The college was on the northwest corner of the city, nearly adjoining the Wabash train station. The most significant structure on the land transferred to the state was the Thomas Gaunt mansion, which is also on the National Register and is the college President's residence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79001385.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523035857/http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79001385.pdf |archive-date=May 23, 2011 }}</ref> Gaunt owned an extensive nursery on his property, which was on a birch-lined street and is now the [[Missouri Arboretum]]. The most recognizable building on the campus today is the Administration Building,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/10000504.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912111746/http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/10000504.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2015 }}</ref> designed by [[John H. Felt]]. It is on the National Register and resembles [[Brookings Hall]] at [[Washington University in St. Louis]], which was the Administration Building of the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|1904 World's Fair]] in [[St. Louis]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}