Boswell School

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Boswell School
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LocationEnd of Co. Rd. 196, Boswell, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°2′25″N92°3′18″W / 36.04028°N 92.05500°W / 36.04028; -92.05500 Coordinates: 36°2′25″N92°3′18″W / 36.04028°N 92.05500°W / 36.04028; -92.05500
Arealess than one acre
Built1934 (1934)
Built byWorks Progress Administration
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Traditional
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001178 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1992

The Boswell School, now the Boswell Baptist Church, is a historic school building in rural western Izard County, Arkansas. It is located in the hamlet of Boswell, at the end of County Road 196. It is a single-story fieldstone structure, with a side gable roof and a projecting front-gable entry porch. The school was built in 1934 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, and was used as a local public school until 1950, when the local school district was consolidated with that of Calico Rock. The building was then converted to a church. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Barbara Lindsey-Allen (July 29, 1992). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Boswell School / Boswell Baptist Church. National Archives. Retrieved February 7, 2021. With two photos from 1991. (Downloading may be slow.)