Prosperity, MO, once a thriving mining town, lived up to its name from 1902 until about 1917. The population went from 1,500 in 1899 to more than 5,000 during the mining boom years. In 1907 the two-story Prosperity School was built in the heart of the Tri-state mining district, which had churches, saloons, general stores, hotels, and now a fine, large school of red brick and Carthage stone.

The Prosperity School originally had four very large classrooms which took up the entirety of the two floors, along with a wide central hallway on each floor. The second floor classrooms, one with a stage for use as the auditorium, became the three guestrooms and one suite. The three guest rooms are named in honor of former teachers. Downstairs, one classroom is now the Formal Dining Room and Front Parlor, defined from each other by the placement of the Proscenium arch that originally stood over the stage. The fourth classroom became the spacious kitchen, and innkeeper's quarters.