Rosenwald School (Delight, Arkansas)
Rosenwald School | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Nearest city | Delight, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°2′13″N 93°27′17″W / 34.03694°N 93.45472°WCoordinates: 34°2′13″N 93°27′17″W / 34.03694°N 93.45472°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 |
Built by | Works Progress Administration |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 90001381[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 17, 1990 |
Rosenwald School is a Rosenwald school on Arkansas Highway 26 in Delight, Arkansas. The school, a single-story wood-frame structure with a gable roof, was built in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration. Philanthropist Julius Rosenwald sponsored the Rosenwald schools to provide education for African-Americans in rural communities; the Julius Rosenwald Fund helped build 389 schools in Arkansas, including the one in Delight. The school closed in the 1970s, when many of the Rosenwald schools closed due to .[2] It is now used as a local community center.[3]
The Rosenwald School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Rosenwald School, Delight, Pike County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Rosenwald School". Arkansas PReservation. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
Categories:
- School buildings completed in 1938
- Buildings and structures in Pike County, Arkansas
- Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas
- Education in Pike County, Arkansas
- Rosenwald schools in Arkansas
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Works Progress Administration in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Arkansas
- Former school buildings in the United States
- Historically segregated African-American schools in Arkansas
- Southwest Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs