Marion Colored High School

	Marion Colored High School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location in ArkansasShow map of ArkansasShow map of the United StatesShow all
Location	W of AR 77; Sunset, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°13′17″N 90°12′5″W / 35.22139°N 90.20139°WCoordinates: 35°13′17″N 90°12′5″W / 35.22139°N 90.20139°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937
MPS	Ethnic and Racial Minority Settlement of the Arkansas Delta MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000349
Added to NRHP	March 23, 1995

The Marion Colored High School is a historic school building at the northwest corner of Arkansas Highway 77 and Gannt Street in Sunset, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, roughly in an H shape, with hipped roofs on the wings. The oldest portion of the building, a U-shaped section, was built in 1924 with funding from the Rosenwald Fund, and was extended to its present shape sometime before 1940. The original construction is of load-bearing brick, while the added wings are frame construction finished in a matching brick veneer. It was the first school built for African-American students in the area, originally serving grades 1–8. In 1937 the school acquired high school status, and served students from four states in the region, prompting its enlargement. In 1955 it was remodeled for use exclusively as a high school. It is now closed, and only used for special events.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Marion Colored High School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-14.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Marion Colored High School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-14.

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Marion Colored High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location in Arkansas Location in United States Show map of ArkansasShow map of the United StatesShow all
Location	W of AR 77 Sunset, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°13′17″N 90°12′5″W / 35.22139°N 90.20139°W / 35.22139; -90.20139Coordinates: 35°13′17″N 90°12′5″W / 35.22139°N 90.20139°W / 35.22139; -90.20139
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937 (1937)
MPS	Ethnic and Racial Minority Settlement of the Arkansas Delta MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000349^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 23, 1995

Marion Colored High School

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