Dallas County Training School High School Building

Dallas County Training School High School Building
Location 934 Center St., Fordyce, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°49′1″N 92°24′7″W / 33.81694°N 92.40194°W / 33.81694; -92.40194Coordinates: 33°49′1″N 92°24′7″W / 33.81694°N 92.40194°W / 33.81694; -92.40194
Area less than one acre
Built 1931 (1931)
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 03001455[1]
Added to NRHP January 21, 2004

The Dallas County Training School High School Building is a historic school building at 934 Center Street in Fordyce, Arkansas. Built in 1934 with funding from the Rosenwald Fund, it was the only high school serving African Americans in a four-county region of southern Arkansas until 1940. Its original block is a rectangular brick structure with a gable-on-hip roof; a flat-roof addition was made to the rear in 1954. The building house grades 6-12 of African Americans until 1970, when the city's schools were integrated. At that time it became an elementary school, and was finally closed in 2001.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Dallas County Training School High School Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-04.


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