Little River County Training School Historic District

Little River County Training School Historic District
Location 100 W. Hamilton St., Ashdown, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°40′7″N 94°7′59″W / 33.66861°N 94.13306°W / 33.66861; -94.13306Coordinates: 33°40′7″N 94°7′59″W / 33.66861°N 94.13306°W / 33.66861; -94.13306
Area 2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1962 (1962)
NRHP Reference # 15000994[1]
Added to NRHP January 26, 2016

The Little River County Training School Historic District encompasses the surviving buildings of a defunct once-segregated vocational school in Ashdown, Arkansas. It occupies two city blocks, bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, and Hamilton, Wood, and Byrne Streets. The surviving buildings are a classroom building, the gymnasium, and the shop building. All are single story brick structures, and were built between 1962 and 1965. They represent the last surviving buildings in Little River County that were used as segregated facilities. The school was first developed in the 1920s, with funding and other support from the Rosenwald Fund; its buildings burned down in 1957. The school was used in an integrated setting, mainly as a junior high school, until 1979.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[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 Little River County Training School Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-13.


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