Wortham Gymnasium

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Wortham Gymnasium
Wortham Gymnasium is located in Arkansas
Wortham Gymnasium
Location in Arkansas
LocationAR 200,
Coordinates33°35′55″N 93°14′19″W / 33.59861°N 93.23861°W / 33.59861; -93.23861Coordinates: 33°35′55″N 93°14′19″W / 33.59861°N 93.23861°W / 33.59861; -93.23861
Arealess than one acre
Built1935 (1935)
ArchitectWorks Progress Administration
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.90000667[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1990
Removed from NRHPSeptember 29, 2015

The Wortham Gymnasium was a historic athletic facility on in , a rural community in Nevada County east of Rosston. Built in 1935 by a Works Progress Administration crew, this large gymnasium was the only surviving remnant of a major push in the 1920s and 1930s to improve the education of African Americans in Oak Grove. It was a single-story wood-frame structure with a gable roof, with a shed-roofed vestibule area on the main (southern) facade. At the time of its construction, it was the largest gymnasium in the state.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1] It was removed from the National Register in 2015.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Wortham Gymnasium". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-03.


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